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2 Mose 36

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1 Da arbeiteten Bezaleel und Ahaliab und alle weisen Männer, denen der HERR Weisheit und Verstand gegeben hatte, zu wissen, wie sie allerlei Werk machen sollten, zum Dienst des Heiligtums nach allem, das der HERR geboten hatte.

2 Und Mose rief dem Bezaleel und Ahaliab und allen weisen Männern, denen der HERR Weisheit gegeben hatte in ihr Herz, nämlich allen, die sich willig darerboten und hinzutraten, zu arbeiten an dem Werke.

3 Und sie nahmen zu sich von Mose alle Hebe, die die Kinder Israel brachten zu dem Werk des Dienstes des Heiligtums, daß es gemacht würde. Denn sie brachten alle Morgen ihre willige Gabe zu ihm.

4 Da kamen alle Weisen, die am Werk des Heiligtums arbeiteten, ein jeglicher seines Werks, das sie machten,

5 und sprachen zu Mose: Das Volk bringet zu viel, mehr denn zum Werk dieses Dienstes not ist, das der HERR zu machen geboten hat.

6 Da gebot Mose, daß man rufen ließ durchs Lager: Niemand tue mehr zur Hebe des Heiligtums! Da hörete das Volk auf zu bringen.

7 Denn des Dinges war genug zu allerlei Werk, das zu machen war, und noch übrig.

8 Also machten alle weisen Männer unter den Arbeitern am Werk die Wohnung, zehn Teppiche von gezwirnter weißer Seide, gelber Seide, Scharlaken, Rosinrot, Cherubim, künstlich.

9 Die Länge eines Teppichs war achtundzwanzig Ellen und die Breite vier Ellen, und waren alle in einem Maß.

10 Und er heftete je fünf Teppiche zusammen, einen an den andern.

11 Und machte gelbe Schläuflein an eines jeglichen Teppichs Ort, da sie zusammengefüget werden.

12 je fünfzig Schläuflein an einen Teppich, damit einer den andern faßte.

13 Und machte fünfzig güldene Häklein; und fügte die Teppiche mit den Häklein einen an den andern zusammen, daß es eine Wohnung würde.

14 Und er machte elf Teppiche von Ziegenhaaren zur Hütte üben die Wohnung,

15 dreißig Ellen lang und vier Ellen breit, alle in einem Maß.

16 Und fügte ihrer fünf zusammen auf ein Teil und sechs zusammen aufs andere Teil.

17 Und machte je fünfzig Schläuflein an jeglichen Teppich am Ort, damit sie zusammengeheftet würden.

18 Und machte je fünfzig eherne Häklein, damit die Hütte zusammen in eins gefüget würde.

19 Und machte eine Decke über die Hütte von rötlichen Widderfellen und über die noch eine Decke von Dachsfellen.

20 Und machte Bretter zur Wohnung von Föhrenholz, die stehen sollten,

21 ein jegliches zehn Ellen lang und anderthalb Ellen breit,

22 und an jeglichem zween Zapfen, da mit eins an das andere gesetzt würde. Also machte er alle Bretter zur Wohnung,

23 daß derselben Bretter zwanzig gegen Mittag stunden;

24 und machte vierzig silberne Füße drunter, unter jeglich Brett zween Füße an seinen zween Zapfen.

25 Also zur andern Seite der Wohnung, gegen Mitternacht, machte er auch zwanzig Bretter

26 mit vierzig silbernen Füßen, unter jeglich Brett zween Füße.

27 Aber hinten an der Wohnung gegen den Abend machte er sechs Bretter,

28 und zwei andere hinten an den zwo Ecken der Wohnung,

29 daß ein jegliches der beiden sich mit seinem Ortbrett von unten auf gesellete und oben am Haupt zusammenkäme mit einer Klammer,

30 daß der Bretter acht würden und sechzehn silberne Füße, unter jeglichem zween Füße.

31 Und er machte Riegel von Föhrenholz, fünf zu den Brettern auf der einen Seite der Wohnung

32 und fünf auf der andern Seite und fünf hinten an, gegen den Abend.

33 Und machte die Riegel, daß sie mitten an den Brettern durchhingestoßen würden, von einem Ende zum andern.

34 Und überzog die Bretter mit Golde; aber ihre Rinken machte er von Gold zu den Riegeln und überzog die Riegel mit Golde.

35 Und machte den Vorhang mit den Cherubim dran künstlich mit gelber Seide, Scharlaken, Rosinrot und gezwirnter weißer Seide.

36 Und machte zu demselben vier Säulen von Föhrenholz und überzog sie mit Gold und ihre Köpfe von Golde; und goß dazu vier silberne Füße.

37 Und machte ein Tuch in der Tür der Hütte; von gelber Seide, Scharlaken, Rosenrot und gezwirnter weißer Seide gestickt,

38 und fünf Säulen dazu mit ihren Köpfen und überzog ihre Köpfe und Reife mit Golde; und fünf eherne Füße dran.

   

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9777. '[And] all its pins and all the pins of the court, [they shall be made] from bronze' means everything that joins together and strengthens the two heavens, the middle and the lowest, through good. This is clear from the meaning of 'pins' as things that serve to join and strengthen, dealt with below; from the meaning of the dwelling-place, to which 'its' relates here, as heaven, in particular the middle heaven, dealt with in 9594, 9596, 9632; from the meaning of 'the court' as the lowest heaven, dealt with in 9741; and from the meaning of 'bronze' as external good, dealt with in 425, 1551.

[2] The reason why things that serve to join and strengthen are meant by 'pins' or pegs is that these articles do so. They have a similar meaning wherever else they are mentioned in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwelling-places; do not stop [them]. Lengthen your ropes, and make your pegs firm. Isaiah 54:2.

This refers to the New Church founded by the Lord. 'Enlarging the place of the tent, and stretching out the curtains of the dwelling-places' stands for the enhancement of teachings that present what is good and true, and worship that springs from them, 9596. 'Long ropes' and 'the pegs' stand for a far-reaching connection among truths and full corroboration of them. As for the court, that this too had ropes, see Exodus 35:18; Numbers 3:37; 4:32.

[3] In Isaiah,

Look upon Zion. May your eyes see Jerusalem, a quiet dwelling-place, a tabernacle which is not overthrown. Its pegs will never be removed, and none of its ropes will be pulled away. Isaiah 33:20.

'Pegs' and 'ropes' here stand in like manner for what serves to corroborate or strengthen and join together. 'Peg' again stands for strengthening and joining together in Isaiah 41:7 and Jeremiah 10:4; but these verses refer to idols, by which teachings of what is false are meant, because they are the product of self-intelligence, 8941, 9424. A peg however on which something is hung means affixing and joining [one thing to another], in Isaiah 22:23-24, and in Ezekiel 15:3.

  
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9594. 'And you shall make the dwelling-place' means the second or middle heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'the dwelling-place', when it refers to the Divine, as heaven - the middle or second heaven, strictly speaking. It is well known that there are three heavens, namely the inmost, middle, and lowest, or third, second, and first. All these heavens were represented by the tabernacle; the inmost or third heaven was represented by the ark where the Testimony was, the middle or second heaven by the dwelling-place where the table for the loaves of the Presence and the lampstand were, and the lowest or first heaven by the court. The reason why there are three heavens is that there are three degrees of life with the human being. (Human beings, who become angels after death, constitute heaven; angels have no other beginning, and the heavens spring from no other source.) The inmost degree of his life exists for the inmost heaven, the middle degree of life for the middle heaven, and the lowest for the lowest heaven. And because the human being is like this, or has been so formed, and heaven springs from the human race, there are three heavens.

[2] These degrees of life with a person are opened up in successive stages. The first degree is opened up by a life led in accord with what is right and fair, the second degree by a life in accord with the truths of faith drawn from the Word and with forms of the good of charity towards the neighbour that follow on from those truths, and the third degree by a life in accord with the good of mutual love and the good of love to the Lord. These virtues are the means by which those three degrees of life with a person, and so the three heavens with him, are opened up in successive stages. But it should be recognized that to the extent that a person departs from good in life and moves towards evil in life those degrees are closed, that is, the heavens with him are closed; for just as good in life opens them, so evil in life closes them. This being so, all who are steeped in evil are outside heaven, thus are in hell. It should also be recognized that with some people - since the heavens with a person are opened up in successive stages according to the good present in his life, as stated above - the first heaven and not the second is opened up; that with some others the second heaven and not the third is opened up; but that the third heaven is opened up solely with those governed by good in life springing from love to the Lord. For the human being is heaven in its smallest form, and has been created so as to conform to an image of heaven and of the world, see the places referred to in 9279.

[3] There is therefore an inmost heaven, represented by the ark of the Testimony, which was the subject in the previous chapter; a middle heaven, represented by the dwelling-place, which is the subject in the present chapter; and a lowest heaven, represented by the court, which is the subject in the next chapter. Heaven is called God's dwelling-place because what is Divine and the Lord's dwells there; for Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good is what makes heaven, indeed gives life to the angels there. And since the Lord dwells with angels in that which comes from Him, 9338 (end), heaven is called God's dwelling-place, and the actual Divine Truths emanating from Divine Good, which angels or angelic communities are recipients of, are called dwellings, as in David,

Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me, let them lead me to [Your] holy mountain and to Your dwellings, that I may go in to the altar of God, to God ... Psalms 43:3-4.

In the same author,

There is a river whose streams will make glad the city of God, the holy place of the dwellings of the Most High. Psalms 46:4.

In the same author,

Down to the ground 1 they have profaned the dwelling-place of Your name. Psalms 74:7.

In the same author,

How lovely are Your dwellings, O Jehovah! Psalms 84:1.

[4] The fact that the Divine realities which emanate from the Lord's Divine Human are what are rightly called 'dwellings', as a result of which heaven itself is called 'the dwelling-place', is also clear in David,

He swore to Jehovah, he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob, Surely I will not give sleep to my eyes, until I find a place for Jehovah, the dwelling-places for the Mighty One of Jacob. Behold, we heard of Him in Ephrathah, we found Him in the fields of the wood. We will enter His dwelling-places. Psalms 132:2, 4-7.

'The Mighty One of Jacob' is the Lord's Divine Human, 6425. 'Ephrathah', where He was to be found, is Bethlehem where He was born, Genesis 35:19; 48:7; Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:5-6. 'The fields of the wood' are the forms of good composing the Church among gentiles.

[5] In Ezekiel,

They will dwell in the land which I gave to My servant Jacob. They will dwell in it, they [and their sons] and their sons' sons forever. And David My servant will be their prince forever. I will make with them a covenant of peace; it will be an eternal covenant with them. And I will set My sanctuary in their midst forever; so shall My dwelling-place be among them. Ezekiel 37:25-27.

'David, who will be their prince forever' stands for the Lord, 1888; 'the sanctuary' (sanctuarium) stands for the Lord's Divine Human, since He is the source of all holiness (sanctum), 3210, 9229, so that 'dwelling-place' stands for heaven and for the Church, where the Lord is.

[6] In Jeremiah,

Thus said Jehovah, Behold, I will bring back the captivity 2 of the tents of Jacob, and will have compassion on his dwellings, that the city may be built upon its mound. Jeremiah 30:18.

'Bringing back the captivity of the tents of Jacob' stands for restoring the external Church's forms of good and truths which had been destroyed, 'having compassion on his dwellings' for restoring the internal Church's truths, 'the city which was to be built upon its mound' for doctrinal teachings about the truth, 2449, 2943, 3216, 4492, 4493.

[7] How the Lord dwells in the heavens may be seen from what has been shown previously regarding the Lord, that is to say, where it has been shown that the Lord's Divine Human is the Sun, the source of heat and light in the heavens. The heat radiating from the Lord as the Sun is love, while the light is faith. The Lord therefore dwells with those who receive from Him the good of love and the truth of faith, which are the heat and light of life; and how fully He is present depends on their degree of receptivity.

Fußnoten:

1. literally, Into the earth or land

2. i.e. restore the fortunes

  
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