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1 Och du skall göra ett altare för att antända rökelse därpå, av akacieträ skall du göra det.

2 Det skall vara en aln långt och en aln brett -- en liksidig fyrkant -- och två alnar högt; dess horn skola vara i ett stycke därmed.

3 Och du skall överdraga det med rent guld, dess skiva, dess väggar runt omkring och dess hörn; och du skall göra en rand av guld därpå runt omkring.

4 Och du skall till det göra två ringar av guld och sätta dem nedanför randen, på dess båda sidor; på de båda sidostyckena skall du sätta dem. De skola vara där, för att stänger må skjutas in i dem, så att man med dem kan bära altaret.

5 Och du skall göra stängerna av akacieträ och överdraga dem med guld.

6 Och du skall ställa det framför den förlåt som hänger framför vittnesbördets ark, så att det står framför nådastolen, som är ovanpå vittnesbördet, där jag skall uppenbara mig för dig.

7 Och Aron skall antända välluktande rökelse därpå; var morgon, när han tillreder lamporna, skall han antända rökelse;

8 och likaledes skall Aron antända rökelse, när han vid aftontiden sätter upp lamporna. Detta skall vara det dagliga rökoffret inför HERRENS ansikte, från släkte till släkte.

9 I skolen icke låta någon främmande rökelse komma därpå, ej heller brännoffer eller spisoffer; och intet drickoffer skolen utgjuta därpå.

10 Och Aron skall en gång om året bringa försoning för dess horn; med blod av försoningssyndoffret skall han en gång om året bringa försoning för det, släkte efter släkte. Det är högheligt för HERREN.

11 Och HERREN talade till Mose och sade:

12 När du räknar antalet av Israels barn, nämligen av dem som inmönstras, skall vid mönstringen var och en giva åt HERREN en försoningsgåva för sig, på det att ingen hemsökelse må drabba dem vid mönstringen.

13 Detta är vad var och en som upptages bland de inmönstrade skall giva: en halv sikel, efter helgedomssikelns vikt -- sikeln räknad till tjugu gera -- en halv sikel såsom offergärd åt HERREN,

14 Var och en som upptages bland de inmönstrade, var och en som är tjugu år gammal eller därutöver, skall giva detta såsom offergärd åt HERREN.

15 Den rike skall icke giva mer och den fattige icke mindre än en halv sikel, när I given offergärden åt HERREN, till att bringa försoning för eder.

16 Och du skall taga försoningspenningarna av Israels barn och använda dem till arbetet vid uppenbarelsetältet. Så skall ske, för att Israels barn må vara i åminnelse inför HERRENS ansikte, och för att försoning må bringas för eder.

17 Och HERREN talade till Mose och sade:

18 Du skall ock göra ett bäcken av koppar med en fotställning av koppar, till tvagning, och ställa det mellan uppenbarelsetältet och altaret och gjuta vatten däri.

19 Och Aron och hans söner skola två sina händer och fötter med vatten därur.

20 När de gå in i uppenbarelsetältet, skola de två sig med vatten, på del att de icke må ; så ock när de träda fram till altaret för att göra tjänst genom att antända eldsoffer åt HERREN.

21 De skola två sina händer och fötter, på det att de icke må . Och detta skall vara en evärdlig stadga för dem: för honom själv och hans avkomlingar från släkte till släkte.

22 Och HERREN talade till Mose och sade:

23 Tag dig ock kryddor av yppersta slag: fem hundra siklar myrradropp, hälften så mycket kanel av finaste slag, alltså två hundra femtio siklar, likaledes två hundra femtio siklar kalmus av finaste slag,

24 därtill fem hundra siklar kassia, efter helgedomssikelns vikt, och en hin olivolja.

25 Och du skall av detta göra en helig smörjelseolja, en konstmässigt beredd salva; det skall vara en helig smörjelseolja.

26 Och du skall därmed smörja uppenbarelsetältet, vittnesbördets ark,

27 bordet med alla dess tillbehör, ljusstaken med dess tillbehör, rökelsealtaret,

28 brännoffersaltaret med alla dess tillbehör, äntligen bäckenet med dess fotställning.

29 Och du skall helga dem, så att de bliva högheliga; var och en som sedan kommer vid dem bliver helig.

30 Och Aron och hans söner skall du smörja, och du skall helga dem till att bliva präster åt mig.

31 Och till Israels barn skall du tala och säga: Detta skall vara min heliga smörjelseolja hos eder, från släkte till släkte.

32 På ingen annan människas kropp må den komma, ej heller mån I göra någon annan så sammansatt som denna. Helig är den, Helig skall den vara för eder.

33 Den som bereder en sådan salva, och den som använder något därav på någon främmande, han skall utrotas ur sin släkt.

34 Ytterligare sade HERREN till Mose: Tag dig välluktande kryddor, stakte och sjönagel och galban, och jämte dessa vällukter rent rökelseharts, lika mycket av vart slag,

35 och gör därav rökelse, en konstmässigt beredd blandning, saltad, ren, helig.

36 Och en del av den skall du stöta till pulver och lägga framför vittnesbördet i uppenbarelsetältet, där jag vill uppenbara mig för dig. Höghelig skall den vara för eder.

37 Och ingen annan rökelse mån I göra åt eder så sammansatt som denna skall vara. Helig skall den vara dig för HERREN.

38 Den som gör sådan för att njuta av dess lukt, han skall utrotas ur sin släkt.

   

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2455. That 'she became a pillar of salt' means that all good accompanying truth was vastated becomes clear from the meaning of 'a pillar' and from the meaning of 'salt'. In the original language the word used for a pillar means something standing still, not however that used for a pillar which was erected either for worship, or as a sign or for a witness. Consequently 'the pillar of salt' mentioned here means that it - the truth meant by Lot's wife - stood as something vastated, 2454. Truth is said to be vastated when it no longer has any good within it - vastation itself being meant by 'salt'.

[2] As most things in the Word have two meanings, namely the genuine and the contrary to this, so also does 'salt'. In the genuine sense it means the affection for truth, in the contrary sense the vastation of the affection for truth, that is, of the good within truth. That 'salt' means the affection for truth, see Exodus 30:35; Leviticus 2:13; Matthew 5:13; Mark 9:49-50; Luke 14:34-35. That it also means the vastation of the affection for truth, that is, of the good within truth, is clear from the following places: In Moses,

The whole land will be brimstone and salt, a burning; it will not be sown, it will not sprout, nor will any plant come up on it, as at the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, of Admah and Zeboiim. Deuteronomy 29:23.

Here 'brimstone' is the vastation of good, and 'salt' the vastation of truth. That vastation is the meaning is evident from each detail.

[3] In Zephaniah,

Moab will be like Sodom, and the children of Ammon like Gomorrah, a place abandoned to the nettle, and a saltpit, and a desolation for ever. Zephaniah 2:9.

Here 'a place abandoned to the nettle' stands for vastated good, 'a salt pit' for vastated truth; for 'a place abandoned to the nettle' refers to Sodom, which has been shown to mean evil or vastated good, and 'a salt pit' to Gomorrah, which has been shown to mean falsity or vastated truth. That vastation is the meaning is evident from its being called 'a desolation for ever'. In Jeremiah,

He who makes flesh his arm will be like a bare shrub in the solitary place and will not see when good comes; and he will inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited. Jeremiah 17:5-6.

Here 'a parched land' stands for vastated goods, 'a salt land' for vastated truths.

[4] In David,

Jehovah turns rivers into a wilderness, and outgoings of waters into a dryness, a fruitful land into a salty waste because of the wickedness of those inhabiting it. Psalms 107:33-34.

'A fruitful land into a salty waste' stands for the vastation of the good within truth. In Ezekiel,

Its swamps and its marshes are not healed, they will be given up to salt. Ezekiel 47:11.

'Given up to salt' stands for being utterly vastated as regards truth. Because 'salt' meant vastation and 'cities' matters of doctrine concerning truth, as shown in 402, 2268, 2428, 2451, cities that had been destroyed were in former times sown with salt to prevent their being rebuilt, Judges 9:45. The description at this point is of the fourth state of the Church represented by 'Lot', a state in which all truth has been vastated as regards good.

  
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2454. That 'his wife looked back behind him' means that truth turned away from good and looked towards matters of doctrine is clear from the meaning of 'looking back behind him' and from the meaning of 'a wife'. Looking back behind him means looking towards matters of doctrine, which have a relationship with truth, and not towards life in accordance with them, which has a relationship with good, as stated above in 2417. That which is secondary is referred to as 'behind him' and that which is primary as 'before him'. The fact that truth is secondary and good primary has been shown quite often. For truth belongs to good, since the essence and life of truth is good. 'Looking behind him' therefore means looking towards truth which constitutes doctrinal teaching, and not towards good which constitutes life in accordance with doctrinal teaching. That these points are what is meant becomes quite clear from the Lord's words, where also, referring to the final period of the Church or close of the age, He says in Luke,

On that day, whoever will be on the housetop with his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and whoever is in the field, let him likewise not turn back to behind him. Remember Lot's wife. Luke 17:31-32.

[2] These words of the Lord are by no means intelligible without the internal sense, and so are unintelligible unless one knows what is meant by 'being on the housetop', by 'vessels in the house', by 'coming down to take them away', by 'the field', and lastly by 'turning back to behind him'. According to the internal sense 'being on the housetop' means resting on good; for 'a house' means good, see 710, 2231, 2233. 'Vessels in the house' means truths which belong to good; for truths are the vessels for good, see 1496, 1832, 1900, 2063, 2269. 'Going down to take them away' means, as is evident, turning away from good towards truth, for since good is primary it is also higher, while truth, being secondary, is also lower. That 'the field' is the Church, so called from the seed which it receives, and consequently that those people are 'fields' in whom there is the good taught by doctrine, is clear from many places in the Word. These considerations show what 'turning back to behind him' means, namely turning away from good and looking towards matters of doctrine. And it is because these things are meant by the expression 'Lot's wife', that 'remember Lot's wife' is added. The reason it is not said that she looked 'behind herself' but 'behind him' is that 'Lot' means good, see 2324, 2351, 2371, 2399. This explains why, when Lot was told what to do, verse 17, the words used were, 'Do not look back behind you'.

[3] The reason why in Luke it is said 'let him not turn back to behind him' and not 'to the things behind him' is that celestial people are unwilling even to mention anything that is a matter of doctrine, see 202, 337. This is why no such thing is mentioned in Luke, only the words 'to behind him'.

[4] These same matters are described in Matthew as follows,

When you see the abomination of desolation, foretold by the prophet Daniel, then let those who are in Judea flee into the mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything away out of his house; and let him who is in the field not return back to take his clothes. Matthew 24:15-17.

Here 'the abomination of desolation' is the state of the Church when there is no love and no charity. When these have been destroyed abominable things predominate. 'Judea' means the Church, and in particular the celestial Church, as is evident from both the historical and prophetical sections throughout the Old Testament Word, while 'the mountains into which they were to flee' means love to the Lord and consequent charity towards the neighbour, see 795, 1430, 1691. 'He who is on the housetop' means good flowing from love, as stated just above. 'Going down to take anything away out of his house' means turning away from good towards truth, as has also been stated above, while 'he who is in the field' means members of the spiritual Church, as is evident from the meaning of 'field' in the Word. 'Let him not return back to take his clothes' means not turning away from good towards truth that constitutes doctrinal teaching - 'clothes' meaning truths, for truths clothe good like garments, see 1073. Anyone may see that all those things which the Lord has said in that section about the close of the age mean things altogether different and embody arcana, such as that those in Judea were to flee into the mountains, that the one on the housetop was not to go down and bring anything out of the house, and that the one in the field was not to return back to take his clothes. Similar to this is the statement in verse 17 that Lot was not to look back behind him, and that made here that his wife did look back behind him and became a pillar of salt. In addition this matter is clear from the meaning of 'a wife' as truth, dealt with in 915, 1468, and from the meaning of 'Lot' as good, dealt with in 2324, 2351, 2371, 2399; hence the words 'after him'.

[5] Truth is said to turn away from good and look towards matters of doctrine when the member of the Church no longer takes to heart what kind of life he leads, only what kind of doctrine he possesses. Yet it is life according to doctrine, not doctrine separate from life, that makes anyone a member of the Church; for when doctrine is separated from life, then because good, in which life consists, has been vastated, truth as well, in which doctrine consists, is vastated, that is, it becomes 'a pillar of salt'. This is something anyone who looks to doctrine alone and not to life may know, by considering whether, even though doctrine teaches such things, he in fact believes in the resurrection, heaven, hell, and indeed the Lord, and so in everything else which doctrine teaches.

  
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