When the Bible speaks of "Jehovah," it is representing love itself, the inmost love that is the essence of the Lord. That divine love is one, whole and complete in itself, and Jehovah also is one, a name applied only to the Lord. The divine love expresses itself in the form of wisdom. Love, then, is the essence of God -- His inmost. Wisdom -- the loving understanding of how to put love into action -- is slightly more external, giving love a way to express itself. Wisdom, however, is expressed in a great variety of thoughts and ideas, what the Writings collectively call divine truth. There are also many imaginary gods, and sometimes angels and people can be called gods (the Lord said Moses would be as a god to Aaron). So when the Bible calls the Lord "God," it is in most cases referring to divine truth. In other cases, "God" has reference to what is called the divine human. The case there is this: As human beings, we cannot engage the Lord directly as divine love. It is too powerful and too pure. Instead, we have to approach Him by understanding Him through divine truth. Divine truth, then, is the Lord in human form, a form we can approach and understand. Thus "God" is also used in reference to this human aspect, because it is an expression of truth.

10725. Exodus 35

1. And Moses gathered together all the assembly of the children of Israel, and said to them, These are the words which Jehovah has commanded, to do them.

2. Six days shall work be done, and the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a sabbath of rest to Jehovah ¹ ; everyone doing work on it shall die.

3. You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwelling-places on the sabbath day.

4. And Moses spoke to all the assembly of the children of Israel, saying, This is the word which Jehovah commanded, saying,

5. Take from among you an offering to Jehovah. Everyone who is willing in heart shall bring Jehovah's offering: gold and silver and bronze,

6. And violet, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen, and [wool of] she-goats,

7. And skins of red rams ² , and skins of badgers, and pieces of shittim wood ³ ,

8. And oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of spices,

9. And shoham ⁴ stones, and stones of fillings ⁵ for the ephod and for the breastplate.

10. And let everyone wise in heart among you come and make all the things which Jehovah has commanded:

11. The dwelling-place, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its bases,

12. The ark and its poles, the mercy-seat, and the veil of the screen ⁶ ,

13. The table and its poles, and all its vessels, and the bread of the Presence ⁷ ,

14. And the lampstand for the light and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light,

15. And the altar of incense and its poles, and the anointing oil, and the incense of spices, and the screen of the door at the door of the dwelling-place,

16. The altar of burnt offering and the grating of bronze made for it, its poles, and all its vessels, the laver and its pedestal,

17. The hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases, and the screen of the gate of the court,

18. The pins of the dwelling-place, and the pins of the court, and their ropes,

19. The garments of service for serving in the holy place, the holy garments ⁸ for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for serving in the priestly office.

20. And all the assembly of the children of Israel went out from before Moses.

21. And they came, every man whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit was willing ⁹ ; they brought Jehovah's offering for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments ⁸ .

22. And they came, the men with the women, everyone willing in heart; they brought brooches, and earrings, and rings, and girdles, and all jewellery made of gold ¹⁰ ; and every man who waved a wave-offering of gold to Jehovah.

23. And every man with whom was found violet and purple and twice-dyed scarlet and fine linen and [wool of] she-goats and skins of red rams ² and skins of badgers brought them.

24. And everyone bearing an offering of silver and bronze brought Jehovah's offering; and everyone with whom was found pieces of shittim wood ³ for any work of the service brought them.

25. And every woman wise at heart spun with her hands; and they brought the yarn, violet and purple, twice-dyed scarlet and fine linen.

26. And all the women whose hearts stirred them in wisdom spun [the yarn of] she-goats.

27. And the leaders brought shoham ⁴ stones and stones of fillings ⁵ for the ephod and for the breastplate,

28. And spices, and oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the incense of spices.

29. Every man and woman whose hearts were willing to bring something for all the work which Jehovah had commanded through Moses to be done ¹¹ [came]; the children of Israel brought a freewill offering to Jehovah.

30. And Moses said to the children of Israel, See, Jehovah has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, belonging to the tribe of Judah.

31. And He has filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in intelligence, and in knowledge, and in all [manner of] work ¹² ,

32. To compose designs ¹³ , to work ¹⁴ in gold, and in silver, and in bronze,

33. And in the cutting of stones for filling ¹⁵ , and in the carving of wood to work ¹ in all [manner of] work of the designer ¹⁶ .

34. And He has put [wisdom] into his heart in order that he - he and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach belonging to the tribe of Dan - may teach [others].

35. He has filled them with wisdom of heart to do every work of a craftsman, and of a designer, and of an embroiderer in violet and in purple and in twice-dyed scarlet and in fine linen, and of a weaver - of those doing every work, of those who compose designs ¹⁷ .

CONTENTS

The internal sense of this chapter makes brief reference to every kind of goodness and truth which exists in the Church and in heaven, and from which worship of the Lord springs. These are the things that are meant by the materials which the children of Israel brought willingly to make the tabernacle and everything in it, also the altar of burnt offering, and the garments of Aaron and his sons as well.

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