Arcana Coelestia 10782. As in this chapter the altar of burnt-offering, and the court of the Tent of meeting, are treated of; and the same things have already been similarly described in chapter 27, and have there been unfolded, these things also are passed by without any further unfolding in respect to the internal sense.

(See Arcana Coelestia 9710 and its following sections.)

10782. Exodus 38

1. And he made the altar of burnt offering from shittim wood, five cubits its length and five cubits its breadth; it was square, and three cubits was its height.

2. And he made its horns on its four corners; its horns were of one piece with it ¹ , and he overlaid it with bronze.

3. And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pans and the shovels and the basins and the forks and the tongs; all its vessels he made from bronze.

4. And he made for the altar a grating, a network, from bronze, under the rim of it beneath, reaching halfway down ² .

5. And he cast four rings on the four ends of the grating ³ of bronze, receptacles for the poles.

6. And he made the poles from shittim wood, and overlaid them with bronze.

7. And he inserted the poles into the rings on the ribs ⁴ of the altar, to carry it on them. A boarded hollow he made it.

8. And he made the laver of bronze, and its pedestal from bronze in the sight of the serving women who served at the door of the tent of meeting.

9. And he made the court on the south side ⁵ , southwards; the hangings of the court from fine twined linen, [extending for] a hundred cubits;

10. Their twenty pillars, and the twenty bases of these, from bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands from silver;

11. And on the north side ⁵ [the hangings extending for] a hundred cubits, their twenty pillars, and the twenty bases of these, from bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands from silver;

12. And on the side of the sea ⁶ the hangings [extending for] fifty cubits, and their ten pillars, and the ten bases of these; the hooks of the pillars and their bands from silver;

13. And on the east side ⁵ , towards the sunrise, [the hangings extending for] fifty cubits;

14. The hangings [extending for] fifteen cubits on [one] shoulder ⁷ , their three pillars, and the three bases of these;

15. And on the other shoulder ⁷ - [thus] to one side and to the other at the gate of the court - the hangings [extending for] fifteen cubits, their three pillars, and the three bases of these.

16. All the hangings of the court round about [were made] from fine twined linen.

17. And the bases for their pillars [were made] from bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands from silver, and the overlay [around] their heads from silver; and these - all the pillars of the court - were furnished with bands [made] from silver.

18. And the screen for the gate of the court [was made] from the work of an embroiderer, from violet, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twined linen; and twenty cubits was the length, and the height all along the width was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court ⁸ .

19. And their pillars were four, and the bases of these were four, [made] from bronze; their hooks [were made] from silver, and the overlay [around] their heads, and their bands, from silver.

20. And all the pegs for the dwelling-place and the court round about [were made] from bronze.

21. This is the inventory ⁹ of the dwelling-place, the dwelling-place of the Testimony, which was made at the command ¹⁰ of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

22. And Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, belonging to the tribe of Judah, made all the things which Jehovah had commanded Moses.

23. And with him was Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, belonging to the tribe of Dan, a craftsman and designer, and an embroiderer in violet, and in purple, and in twice-dyed scarlet, and in fine linen.

24. All the gold [that was] used ¹¹ for the work in all the work of the holy place and was the gold of the wave offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to the shekel of holiness.

25. And the silver of those who were numbered of the assembly was a hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of holiness;

26. A didrachm ¹² a head, half a shekel, according to the shekel of holiness, for everyone passing over to those who were numbered, from a son of twenty years ¹³ and over, for six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty [men].

27. And so it was, the hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of the holy place and the bases of the veil - a hundred bases from the hundred talents, a talent for a base.

28. And from the one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five [shekels] he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their heads, and decorated them with bands.

29. And the bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels.

30. And he made with it the bases of the door of the tent of meeting, and the altar of bronze, and the grating of bronze for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

31. And the bases of the court round about, and the bases of the gate of the court, and all the pegs of the dwelling-place, and all the pegs of the court round about.

CONTENTS

Since the subject in this chapter is the altar of burnt offering, and the court of the tent of meeting, and the same things have been described in a similar way before in Chapter Exodus 27, and have been explained there, these too are passed over without any further explanation of their internal sense.

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9710. Exodus 27

1. And you shall make the altar from shittim wood, five cubits the length and five cubits the breadth; square shall the altar be, and three cubits its height.

2. And you shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, ¹ and you shall overlay it with bronze.

3. And you shall make its pans to take away its ashes, and shovels, and its basins, and its forks, and its tongs; all its vessels you shall make of bronze. ²

4. And you shall make for it a grating, a network, from bronze; and on the net you shall make four rings of bronze, on the four ends of it.

5. And you shall put it under the rim of the altar beneath, and the net shall reach down to the middle of the altar.

6. And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of shittim wood, and overlay them with bronze.

7. And its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar when it is carried. ³

8. A boarded hollow you shall make it; as it has appeared to you on the mountain, so they shall make [it].

9. And you shall make the court of the dwelling-place on the south side, ⁴ southwards; the hangings for the court shall be [made] from fine twined linen, a hundred cubits the length to one corner;

10. And its pillars shall be twenty, and their bases twenty, [made] from bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands [shall be made] from silver.

11. And [the same shall be] so for the length on the north side; ⁴ the hangings shall be a hundred in length, and its pillars twenty, and their bases twenty, [made] from bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands [made] from silver.

12. And the breadth of the court on the side of the sea, ⁵ the hangings shall be fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and the bases of these, ten.

13. And the breadth of the court on the east side, ⁴ towards the sunrise, shall be fifty cubits;

14. And hangings of fifteen cubits shall there be for [one] wing, ⁶ their pillars three, and the bases of these, three;

15. And for the other wing ⁶ there shall be hangings [of] fifteen [cubits], their pillars three, and the bases of these, three.

16. And for the gate of the court there shall be a screen of twenty cubits, [made] from violet, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer, its pillars four, and the bases of these, four.

17. All the pillars of the court round about shall be banded with bands of silver, and their hooks [made] from silver and their bases from bronze.

18. The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty throughout, ⁷ and the height five cubits, [with hangings made] from fine twined linen and their bases from bronze.

19. And as for all the vessels of the dwelling-place, in all its service, and all its pins and all the pins of the court, [they shall be made] from bronze.

20. And you shall command the children of Israel, and let them bring to you olive oil - pure, beaten - for the light, to cause a lamp to go up ⁸ continually.

21. In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is over the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend ⁹ it, from evening until morning before Jehovah. It shall be the statute of an age ¹⁰ for their generations among ¹¹ the children of Israel.

CONTENTS

This chapter deals in the internal sense with worship of the Lord springing from the good of love. Such worship is meant by the altar, and in general is described by everything that has to do with the altar.

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