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1 Και οτε ητο ο Αβραμ ενενηκοντα εννεα ετων, εφανη ο Κυριος εις τον Αβραμ και ειπε προς αυτον, Εγω ειμαι Θεος ο Παντοκρατωρ· περιπατει ενωπιον μου, και εσο τελειος.

2 Και θελω στησει την διαθηκην μου αναμεσον εμου και σου· και θελω σε πληθυνει σφοδρα σφοδρα.

3 Και επεσεν ο Αβραμ επι προσωπον αυτου· και ελαλησε προς αυτον ο Θεος, λεγων,

4 Εγω, ιδου, η διαθηκη μου ειναι προς σε· και θελεις γεινει πατηρ πληθους εθνων·

5 και δεν θελει καλεισθαι πλεον το ονομα σου Αβραμ, αλλα το ονομα σου θελει εισθαι Αβρααμ· διοτι πατερα πληθους εθνων σε κατεστησα·

6 και θελω σε αυξησει σφοδρα σφοδρα, και θελω σε καταστησει εις εθνη, και βασιλεις θελουσιν εξελθει εκ σου·

7 και θελω στησει την διαθηκην μου αναμεσον εμου και σου, και του σπερματος σου μετα σε εις τας γενεας αυτων, εις διαθηκην αιωνιον, δια να ημαι Θεος εις σε και εις το σπερμα σου μετα σε·

8 και θελω δωσει εις σε, και εις το σπερμα σου μετα σε, την γην της παροικιας σου, πασαν την γην Χανααν, εις κατασχεσιν αιωνιον· και θελω εισθαι ο Θεος αυτων.

9 Και ειπεν ο Θεος προς τον Αβρααμ, συ δε την διαθηκην μου θελεις φυλαξει, συ και το σπερμα σου μετα σε εις τας γενεας αυτων.

10 Αυτη ειναι η διαθηκη μου την οποιαν θελετε φυλαξει, αναμεσον εμου και υμων και του σπερματος σου μετα σε· παν αρσεν υμων θελει περιτεμνεσθαι.

11 Και θελετε περιτεμνει την σαρκα της ακροβυστιας υμων, και θελει εισθαι εις σημειον της διαθηκης μεταξυ εμου και υμων·

12 και παιδιον οκτω ημερων θελει περιτεμνεσθαι μεταξυ σας, παν αρσεν εις τας γενεας υμων ο γεγεννημενος εν τη οικια, και ο αργυρωνητος εκ παντος ξενου, οστις δεν ειναι εκ του σπερματος σου·

13 θελει εξαπαντος περιτεμνεσθαι ο γεγεννημενος εν τη οικια σου, και ο αργυρωνητος σου· και θελει εισθαι η διαθηκη μου επι της σαρκος υμων εις διαθηκην αιωνιον·

14 και το απεριτμητον αρσεν, του οποιου δεν ηθελε περιτμηθη η σαρξ της ακροβυστιας αυτου, η ψυχη εκεινη θελει εξολοθρευθη εκ μεσου του λαου αυτης· την διαθηκην μου παρεβη.

15 Και ειπεν ο Θεος προς τον Αβρααμ, Σαραν την γυναικα σου, δεν θελεις καλεσει πλεον το ονομα αυτης Σαραν, αλλα Σαρρα θελει εισθαι το ονομα αυτης.

16 Και θελω ευλογησει αυτην, και θελω προσετι δωσει εις σε υιον εξ αυτης· και θελω ευλογησει αυτην, και θελει γεινει μητηρ εθνων· βασιλεις λαων θελουσιν εξελθει εξ αυτης.

17 Και επεσεν ο Αβρααμ επι προσωπον αυτου και εγελασε, και ειπεν εν τη καρδια αυτου, Εις ανθρωπον εκατονταετη θελει γεννηθη τεκνον; και η Σαρρα, γυνη ενενηκοντα ετων, θελει γεννησει;

18 Και ειπεν ο Αβρααμ προς τον Θεον, Ειθε ο Ισμαηλ να ζηση ενωπιον σου

19 Και ειπεν ο Θεος, Ναι η γυνη σου Σαρρα θελει γεννησει υιον εις σε, και θελεις καλεσει το ονομα αυτου Ισαακ· και θελω στησει την διαθηκην μου προς αυτον εις διαθηκην αιωνιον, και προς το σπερμα αυτου μετ' αυτον·

20 περι δε του Ισμαηλ σου εισηκουσα· Ιδου, ευλογησα αυτον, και θελω αυξησει αυτον, και θελω πληθυνει αυτον σφοδρα σφοδρα· δωδεκα αρχοντας θελει γεννησει, και θελω καμει αυτον εθνος μεγα·

21 αλλα την διαθηκην μου θελω στησει προς τον Ισαακ, τον οποιον θελει γεννησει η Σαρρα εις σε το ερχομενον ετος, εν τω αυτω τουτω καιρω.

22 Αφου δε ετελειωσε να λαλη μετ' αυτου, ανεβη ο Θεος απο του Αβρααμ.

23 Και ελαβεν ο Αβρααμ Ισμαηλ τον υιον αυτου, και παντας τους γεγεννημενους εν τη οικια αυτου, και παντας τους αργυρωνητους αυτου, παν αρσεν των ανθρωπων της οικιας του Αβρααμ, και περιετεμε την σαρκα της ακροβυστιας αυτων την αυτην εκεινην ημεραν, καθως ειπε προς αυτον ο Θεος.

24 Ο δε Αβρααμ ητο ενενηκοντα εννεα ετων, οτε περιετμηθη την σαρκα της ακροβυστιας αυτου.

25 Ισμαηλ δε ο υιος αυτου ητο δεκατριων ετων, οτε περιετμηθη την σαρκα της ακροβυστιας αυτου.

26 την αυτην εκεινην ημεραν περιετμηθη ο Αβρααμ, και Ισμαηλ ο υιος αυτου·

27 και παντες οι ανθρωποι της οικιας αυτου, οι γεγεννημενοι εν τη οικια, και οι εξ αλλογενων αργυρωνητοι περιετμηθησαν μετ' αυτου.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9659

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9659. 'And there shall be eight boards and their bases [made] from silver' means support in every respect from good and through truth that springs from good. This is clear from the meaning of 'eight' as what is so in every respect, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'boards' as good that lends support, dealt with in 9634; and from the meaning of 'bases [made] from silver' as support provided through truth from good, dealt with in 9643.

[2] 'Eight' means in every respect because this number has the same meaning as two and four, being the product of these when multiplied together. 'Two' and 'four' mean being joined together, completely so, 5194, 8423, 8877, and consequently also mean what is complete, 9103, and therefore what is so in every respect; for what exists in completeness does so in every respect. Another reason why 'eight' means what exists in completeness and in every respect is that since 'a week' means a whole period from beginning to end, 2044, 3845, 'the eighth day' means a complete state, from which a new beginning then commences. This explains why males had to be circumcised on the eighth day, Genesis 17:12; 21:4, for circumcision was a sign of purification from foul kinds of love by means of the truth of faith, 2039, 2046 (end), 2799, 3412, 3413, 4462. The foreskin corresponded to the defilement of good by those kinds of love, 4462, 7045, 7225, and the knife of flint with which circumcision was carried out was a sign of the truth of faith by means of which purification was accomplished, 2039 (end), 2046 (end), 2799, 7044.

[3] What exists in completeness and in every respect is also meant by 'eight' following 'seven' in Micah,

When Asshur comes into our land and treads our palaces we will set up over him seven shepherds and eight princes of men (homo), and they will feed 1 the land of Asshur with the sword; and he will deliver [us] from Asshur. Micah 5:5-6.

'Asshur' stands for reasoning on the basis of one's own intelligence about the Church's forms of good and its truths. Deliverance totally or in every respect from consequent falsity is meant by 'eight princes of men' who will bring destruction, 'princes of men' being the leading truths that rise out of good.

[4] The fact that 'eight' means completeness and in every respect is also clear from an experience I had involving the admission and reception of some communities into heaven, about which see 2130. I saw as many as twelve communities received first, and after them as many as eight more; for people admitted and received into heaven are those who have been purified from earthly things, that is, from all love of them, and have gone on to receive instruction. The number eight on that occasion was a sign of that which was complete.

[5] 'Eight' has a similar meaning elsewhere in the Word, for example where it says that the portico of the gateway was 'eight cubits' long from the house, and that there were 'eight steps' up to the house, in Ezekiel 40:9, 31, 41. The description there is of the new house, by which the Lord's New Church is meant, truths leading to good and from good back to truths being meant by 'the portico' and 'the steps'.

[6] Anyone who does not know that spiritual realities or real things are implied by the numbers used in the Word cannot possibly see any such reality nor thus anything holy in the measures and numbers where the tabernacle, Solomon's temple, and after these the new house, new temple, and new land in Ezekiel, are described, when yet not a syllable in the Word is devoid of spiritual meaning. Let all who have intelligence weigh up in their mind what the measures and numbers in Chapters 40-48 of Ezekiel really mean, also the measures and numbers in John, at Revelation 21:17, where it says that the angel measured the wall of the new Jerusalem, a hundred and forty-four cubits, and that this measure was that of a man (homo), that is, of an angel, and also in the following, besides many other places,

Let him who has intelligence reckon the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man (homo), that is, its number is six hundred and sixty-six. Revelation 13:18.

For more about all numbers in the Word, that they mean spiritual realities or real things, see 482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 1988, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, 5291, 5335, 5708, 6175, 7973, and places where the specific meaning of certain numbers has been shown.

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1. i.e. destroy

  
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Exodus 26

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1 "Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman you shall make them.

2 The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure.

3 Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

4 You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling; and likewise you shall make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second coupling.

5 You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling. The loops shall be opposite one to another.

6 You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tabernacle shall be a unit.

7 "You shall make curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tabernacle. You shall make them eleven curtains.

8 The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure.

9 You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shall double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent.

10 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second coupling.

11 You shall make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.

12 The overhanging part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.

13 The cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.

14 You shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.

15 "You shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.

16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and one and a half cubits the breadth of each board.

17 There shall be two tenons in each board, joined to one another: thus you shall make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

18 You shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward.

19 You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.

20 For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards,

21 and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

22 For the far part of the tabernacle westward you shall make six boards.

23 You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the far part.

24 They shall be double beneath, and in the same way they shall be whole to its top to one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

25 There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

26 "You shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

27 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the far part westward.

28 The middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through from end to end.

29 You shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and you shall overlay the bars with gold.

30 You shall set up the tabernacle according to the way that it was shown to you on the mountain.

31 "You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman shall it be made.

32 You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, on four sockets of silver.

33 You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil: and the veil shall separate the holy place from the most holy for you.

34 You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

35 You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and you shall put the table on the north side.

36 "You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.

37 You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold: their hooks shall be of gold: and you shall cast five sockets of brass for them.

   

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