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2 Mose 39

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1 Aber von dem blauen und roten Purpur und dem Scharlach machten sie Aaron Amtskleider, zu dienen im Heiligtum, wie der HERR Mose geboten hatte.

2 Und er machte den Leibrock von Gold, blauem und rotem Purpur, Scharlach und gezwirnter weißer Leinwand.

3 Und sie schlugen das Gold und schnitten's zu Faden, daß man's künstlich wirken konnte unter den blauen und roten Purpur, Scharlach und weiße Leinwand.

4 Schulterstücke machten sie an ihm, die zusammengingen, und an beiden Enden ward er zusammengebunden.

5 Und sein Gurt war nach derselben Kunst und Arbeit von Gold, blauem und rotem Purpur, Scharlach und gezwirnter weißer Leinwand, wie der HERR dem Mose geboten hatte.

6 Und sie machten zwei Onyxsteine, umher gefaßt mit Gold, gegraben durch die Steinschneider mit den Namen der Kinder Israel;

7 und er heftete sie auf die Schulterstücke des Leibrocks, daß es Steine seien zum Gedächtnis der Kinder Israel, wie der HERR dem Mose geboten hatte.

8 Und sie machten das Schild nach der Kunst und dem Werk des Leibrocks von Gold, blauem und rotem Purpur, Scharlach und gezwirnter weißer Leinwand,

9 daß es viereckig und zwiefach war, eine Spanne lang und breit.

10 Und füllten es mit vier Reihen Steinen: die erste Reihe war ein Sarder, Topas und Smaragd;

11 die andere ein Rubin, Saphir und Demant;

12 die dritte ein Lynkurer, Achat und Amethyst;

13 die vierte ein Türkis, Onyx und Jaspis, umher gefaßt mit Gold in allen Reihen.

14 Und die Steine standen nach den zwölf Namen der Kinder Israel, gegraben durch die Steinschneider, daß auf einem jeglichen ein Name stand nach den zwölf Stämmen.

15 Und sie machten am Schild Ketten mit zwei Enden von feinem Golde

16 und zwei goldene Fassungen und zwei goldene Ringe und hefteten die zwei Ringe auf die zwei Ecken des Schildes.

17 Und die zwei goldenen Ketten taten sie in die zwei Ringe auf den Ecken des Schildes.

18 Aber die zwei Enden der Ketten taten sie an die zwei Fassungen und hefteten sie auf die Schulterstücke des Leibrocks vornehin.

19 Und machten zwei andere goldene Ringe und hefteten sie an die zwei andern Ecken des Schildes an seinen Rand, inwendig gegen den Leibrock.

20 Und sie machten zwei andere goldene Ringe, die taten sie unten an die zwei Schulterstücke vorn am Leibrock, wo er zusammengeht, oben über dem Gurt des Leibrocks,

21 daß das Schild mit seinen Ringen an die Ringe des Leibrocks geknüpft würde mit einer blauen Schnur, daß es über dem Gurt des Leibrocks hart anläge und nicht vom Leibrock los würde, wie der HERR dem Mose geboten hatte.

22 Und machte einen Purpurrock zum Leibrock, gewirkt, ganz von blauem Purpur,

23 und sein Loch oben mitteninne und eine Borte ums Loch her gefaltet, daß er nicht zerrisse.

24 Und sie machten an seinen Saum Granatäpfel von blauem und rotem Purpur, Scharlach und gezwirnter weißer Leinwand.

25 Und machten Schellen von feinem Golde; die taten sie zwischen die Granatäpfel ringsumher am Saum des Purpurrocks,

26 je ein Granatapfel und eine Schelle um und um am Saum, darin zu dienen, wie der HERR dem Mose geboten hatte.

27 Und sie machten auch die engen Röcke, von weißer Leinwand gewirkt, Aaron und seinen Söhnen,

28 und den Hut von weißer Leinwand und die schönen Hauben von weißer Leinwand und Beinkleider von gezwirnter weißer Leinwand

29 und den gestickten Gürtel von gezwirnter weißer Leinwand, blauem und rotem Purpur und Scharlach, wie der HERR dem Mose geboten hatte.

30 Sie machten auch das Stirnblatt, die heilige Krone, von feinem Gold, und gruben Schrift darein: Heilig dem HERRN.

31 Und banden eine blaue Schnur daran, daß sie an den Hut von obenher geheftet würde, wie der HERR dem Mose geboten hatte.

32 Also ward vollendet das ganze Werk der Wohnung der Hütte des Stifts. Und die Kinder Israel taten alles, was der HERR dem Mose geboten hatte.

33 Und sie brachten die Wohnung zu Mose: die Hütte und alle ihre Geräte, Haken, Bretter, Riegel, Säulen, Füße,

34 die Decke von rötlichen Widderfellen, die Decke von Dachsfellen und den Vorhang;

35 die Lade des Zeugnisses mit ihren Stangen, den Gnadenstuhl;

36 den Tisch und alle seine Geräte und die Schaubrote;

37 den schönen Leuchter mit den Lampen zubereitet und allem seinen Geräte und Öl zum Licht;

38 den Goldenen Altar und die Salbe und gutes Räuchwerk; das Tuch in der Hütte Tür;

39 den ehernen Altar und sein ehernes Gitter mit seinen Stangen und allem seinem Geräte; das Handfaß mit seinem Fuß;

40 die Umhänge des Vorhofs mit seinen Säulen und Füßen; das Tuch im Tor des Vorhofs mit seinen Seilen und Nägeln und allem Gerät zum Dienst der Wohnung der Hütte des Stifts;

41 die Amtskleider des Priesters Aaron, zu dienen im Heiligtum, und die Kleider seiner Söhne, daß sie Priesteramt täten.

42 Alles, wie der HERR dem Mose geboten hatte, taten die Kinder Israel an allem diesem Dienst.

43 Und Mose sah an all dies Werk; und siehe, sie hatten es gemacht, wie der HERR geboten hatte. Und er segnete sie.

   

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Apocalypse Explained #272

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272. And they had on their heads crowns of gold. That this signifies all truths disposed into order from the Divine good, thus also all the former heavens is evident from the signification of the four-and-twenty elders sitting upon four-and-twenty thrones, clothed in white garments, as being all the truths of the heavens, thus all the heavens, both the higher and the lower, as just explained (n. 270, 271); and from the signification of a crown of gold, as being Divine good from which truths are derived, which will be treated of in what follows. All the truths of heaven and of the church are from Divine good; truths which are not from that source are not truths. Truths which are not from good are like shells without a kernel, and like a house inhabited not by men, but by wild beasts; and such are the truths which are called truths of faith, without the good of charity; the good of charity is good from the Lord, thus good Divine. Now because the elders upon the throne signify the truths of the heavens, and crowns of gold the good from which they are derived, therefore the elders were seen with such crowns. The same is signified by the crowns of kings; for kings, in a representative sense, signify truths, and the crowns upon their heads signify the goods from which the truths are derived (that kings signify truths may be seen above, n. 31); hence it is that crowns are of gold, for gold in like manner signifies good (see n. 242).

[2] That crowns signify good and thence wisdom, and that truths are the things that are crowned, is evident from the following passages. In David:

"I will make the horn of David to bud; I will ordain a lamp for mine anointed. His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown flourish" (Psalms 132:17, 18).

Here by David, and by anointed is meant the Lord, as may be seen above (n. 205); by horn is signified His power; lamp denotes the Divine truth from which is Divine intelligence; by crown is signified the Divine good from which is Divine wisdom, and from which is the Lord's government; and the enemies who shall be clothed with shame are evils and falsities.

[3] Again:

"Thou showest anger with thine anointed. Thou hast condemned his crown even to the earth" (89:38, 39).

Here also by anointed is meant the Lord, and by anger a state of temptation, in which He was when in combats with the hells. Lamentation is then described by anger and condemnation, as in the last temptation on the cross, when the Lord lamented that He was forsaken. For the cross was the last of the temptations, or combats with the hells; and after that last temptation He put on the Divine good of the Divine love, and thus united the Divine Human with the essential Divine which was in Himself.

[4] Again, in Isaiah:

"In that day shall Jehovah Zebaoth be for a crown of ornament, and for a mitre of comeliness unto the remnant of his people" (28:5).

Here by a crown of ornament is signified the wisdom which belongs to good from the Divine; and by a mitre of comeliness is meant intelligence belonging to truths from that good.

[5] Again:

"For Zion's sake will I not be silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her justice go forth as brightness, and her salvation burn as a lamp. Thou shalt be a crown of comeliness in the hand of Jehovah, and a mitre of a kingdom in the hand of thy God" (62:1, 3).

Here by Zion and Jerusalem is meant the church; by Zion, the church which is in good, and by Jerusalem, the church which is in truths from that good: hence it is called a crown of comeliness in the hand of Jehovah, and a mitre of a kingdom in the hand of God. The crown of comeliness denotes wisdom, which belongs to good, and a mitre of a kingdom denotes intelligence, which belongs to truth. And since by crown is signified wisdom, which belongs to good, therefore it is said to be in the hand of Jehovah; and since by mitre is signified intelligence, which belongs to truth, therefore it is said to be in the hand of God; for where good is treated of the word Jehovah is used, and where truth is treated of the word God (as may be seen, Arcana Coelestia 2586, 2769, 6905).

[6] In Jeremiah:

"Say unto the king and to the mistress, Let yourselves down, sit ye, because the ornament of your head is come down, the crown of your comeliness" (13:18).

Here by crown of comeliness is signified the wisdom which belongs to good, for comeliness is the Divine truth of the church (see Arcana Coelestia 9815).

[7] Again:

"The joy of our hearts is ceased: our dance is turned into mourning. The crown of our head hath fallen" (Lamentations 5:15, 16).

By the crown of the head which is said to have fallen is signified the wisdom of those who belong to the church by means of Divine truth, which wisdom has ceased, together with internal blessedness.

[8] In Ezekiel:

"He put a jewel upon thy nose and earrings upon thine ears, and a crown of ornament upon thy head" (16:12).

By Jerusalem, which is here treated of, is signified the church at its first establishment. By a jewel upon the nose is signified the perception of good; by earrings upon the ears are meant the perception of truth and obedience; and by a crown upon the head is signified wisdom therefrom. In Job:

"He has stripped me of my glory, and taken away the crown from my head" (19:9).

Here also by glory is meant intelligence derived from Divine truth, and by a crown wisdom therefrom.

[9] Also, in the Apocalypse:

"I saw, and, behold, a white horse; and he that sat on him had a bow, and a crown was given unto him; he went forth conquering and to conquer" (6:2).

The white horse and He that sat on him is the Lord as to the Word; the bow signifies the doctrine of truth by which He fought. It is therefore evident that the crown, as being said of the Lord, is the Divine good which He also put on as to the Human as the reward of victory.

[10] And in another place:

"Afterwards I looked, when, behold, a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle" (14:14).

A white cloud signifies the Word in its literal sense (see Arcana Coelestia 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8281); the Son of man denotes the Lord as to Divine truth; a golden crown, the Divine good from which the Divine truth is: and the sharp sickle denotes the dissipation of evil and falsity.

[11] That a crown denotes Divine good from which is the Divine truth, was represented by the plate of gold upon the front of the mitre which was upon Aaron, which plate was also called a crown and a coronet, concerning which it is thus written in Exodus:

"Thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it the engravings of a signet, Holiness to Jehovah; and thou shalt put it upon a thread of purple, and it shall be on thy mitre, over against the region of the face" (28:36, 37).

(That this plate was called a crown of holiness and a coronet, may be seen Exodus 29:6, 39:30; Leviticus 8:9; but what was specifically signified thereby may be seen in Arcana Coelestia 9930-9936, where the terms are explained.)

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Arcana Coelestia #5319

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5319. 'And clothed him in robes of fine linen' means an outward sign denoting the celestial of the spiritual, 'robes of fine linen' being truths going forth from the Divine. This is clear from the meaning of 'robes' as truths, dealt with in 1073, 2576, 4545, 4763, 5248. The reason 'robes of fine linen' means truths going forth from the Divine is that a robe made of fine linen was absolutely white and at the same time shining, and truth going forth from the Divine is represented by robes which have that kind of brightness and splendour. And the reason for this is that heaven derives its brightness and splendour from the light that flows from the Lord; and the light that flows from the Lord is Divine Truth itself, 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 1776, 3195, 3222, 3339, 3485, 3636, 3643, 3862, 4415, 4419, 4526, 5219. This explains why, when the Lord was transfigured before Peter, James, and John, His clothing appeared as the light, Matthew 17:2; glistening, intensely white like snow, as no fuller on earth could bleach them, Mark 9:3; and dazzling, Luke 9:29. It was Divine Truth itself going forth from the Lord's Divine Human that was represented in this manner. But they are exterior truths that are represented in heaven by the brightness of robes, whereas interior truths are represented by the brightness and splendour of the face. This is why 'being clothed in robes of fine linen' at this point means an outward sign denoting truth going forth from the celestial of the spiritual, for this was what the Lord's Divine consisted in at this time.

[2] There are other places too in the Word where truth going forth from the Divine is meant by 'fine linen' and 'robes of fine linen', as in Ezekiel,

I clothed you with embroidered cloth, and shed you with badger, and swathed you in fine linen, and covered you in silk. Thus were you adorned with gold and silver, and your robes were fine linen, and silk, and embroidered cloth. Ezekiel 16:10, 13.

This refers to Jerusalem, which is used in these verses to mean the Ancient Church. The truths of this Church are described by robes made of embroidered cloth, fine linen, and silk, and by being adorned with gold and silver. 'Embroidered cloth' means truths existing as facts, 'fine linen' natural truths, and 'silk' spiritual truths.

[3] In the same prophet,

Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be to you an ensign; violet and purple from the islands of Elishah was your covering. Ezekiel 27:7.

This refers to Tyre, which too is used to mean the Ancient Church, but so far as cognitions of good and truth are concerned. 'Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, which was its sail' means truth obtained from factual knowledge, which was the outward sign of that Church.

[4] In John,

The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over Babylon, since no one buys their wares any more, wares of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of most precious wood, and bronze, and iron, and marble. Revelation 18:11-12.

All the specific commodities mentioned here mean the kinds of things that have to do with the Church and so truth and goodness. Here however they are used in the contrary sense because they are spoken of in reference to Babylon. Anyone may see that such commodities would never have been listed in the Word which has come down from heaven unless each one held something heavenly within it. What other reason can there be for a list of worldly wares when Babylon, meaning an unholy Church, is the subject? Similarly in the same book,

Woe, woe, the great city, you that were clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, covered 1 with gold, and precious stones, and pearls. Revelation 18:16.

[5] The fact that each commodity means something Divine and heavenly is quite evident in the same book where it states what fine linen is, namely the righteous acts of the saints,

The time of the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. At that time she was given fine linen, clean and shining, to wear; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Revelation 19:7-8.

'Fine linen' is 'the righteous acts of the saints' for the reason that all those with whom truth received from the Divine exists are clothed with the Lord's righteousness. For their robes which are bright and shining are products of the light which flows from the Lord. Therefore in heaven truth itself is represented by 'brightness', 3301, 3997, 4007; and people who are being raised to heaven from a state of vastation are seen to be clothed with brightness because they are at this point casting off the robe of their own righteousness and putting on that of the Lord's righteousness.

[6] So that truth from the Divine might be represented in the Jewish Church, they were commanded to use cotton or fine linen in Aaron's vestments, and also in the curtains around the Ark, referred to in Moses as follows,

You shall make in chequered pattern for Aaron a tunic of cotton, and you shall make a turban of cotton. Exodus 28:39.

They made tunics of cotton, the work of a weaver, for Aaron and his sons. Exodus 39:27.

You shall make the Dwelling-place, ten curtains - fine-twined cotton, violet and purple and twice-dyed scarlet. Exodus 26:1; 36:8.

You shall make the court of the Dwelling-place. The hangings for the court shall be of fine-twined cotton. Exodus 27:9, 18; 38:9.

The screen for the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer, violet and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine-twined cotton. Exodus 38:18.

Cotton is fine linen, which they were commanded to use because each object in the Ark and around the Ark, also every detail of Aaron's vestments, were representative of spiritual and celestial realities. From this one may see that a person has only a meagre understanding of the Word if he does not know what such things represent, and scarcely any understanding at all if he thinks that the Word possesses no holiness other than that which presents itself in the letter.

[7] When angels with whom truth from the Divine is present are seen by anyone they are clothed so to speak in fine linen, that is, in shining brightness, as is evident in John where 'a white horse' is referred to,

The One seated on a white horse was clothed in a garment dyed with blood, and His name is called the Word. His armies in heaven were following Him on white horses; they were clothed in fine linen, white and clean. Revelation 19:11, 13-14.

These words show quite plainly that 'fine linen' is an outward sign denoting truth from the Divine, for 'the One seated on a white horse' is the Lord as to the Word; indeed those words state quite explicitly that He is the Word. The Word is truth itself received from the Divine, and 'a white horse' is the internal sense of the Word, see 2760-2762. Consequently truths received from the Divine are meant by 'white horses', for such truths constitute the whole of the internal sense of the Word. This was why His armies were seen 'on white horses' and why 'they were clothed in fine linen, white and clean'.

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1. literally, gilded

  
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