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1 Και εκ του κυανου και πορφυρου και κοκκινου εκαμον στολας λειτουργικας δια να λειτουργωσιν εν τω αγιω, και εκαμον τας αγιας στολας δια τον Ααρων, καθως προσεταξεν ο Κυριος εις τον Μωυσην.

2 Και εκαμε το εφοδ εκ χρυσιου, εκ κυανου και πορφυρου και κοκκινου και βυσσου κεκλωσμενης.

3 Και εσφυρηλατησαν το χρυσιον εις λεπτας πλακας και εκοψαν αυτο εις συρματα, δια να εργασθωσιν αυτο εις το κυανουν και εις το πορφυρουν και εις το κοκκινον και εις την βυσσον με εντεχνον εργασιαν.

4 Εκαμον επωμιδας συναπτας δι' αυτο· συναπτομενας επι των δυο ακρων αυτου.

5 Και η κεντητη ζωνη του εφοδ επ' αυτο ητο εκ του αυτου κατα την εργασιαν αυτου· εκ χρυσιου, εκ κυανου και πορφυρου και κοκκινου και βυσσου κεκλωσμενης, καθως προσεταξεν ο Κυριος εις τον Μωυσην.

6 Και ειργασθησαν τους ονυχιτας λιθους ενηρμοσμενους εν οικισκοις χρυσοις, εγκεχαραγμενους, καθως εγχαραττονται αι σφραγιδες, με τα ονοματα των υιων Ισραηλ.

7 Και εθεσεν αυτους επι των επωμιδων του εφοδ, λιθους μνημοσυνου εις τους υιους Ισραηλ, καθως προσεταξεν ο Κυριος εις τον Μωυσην.

8 Και εκαμε το περιστηθιον εντεχνου εργασιας, κατα την εργασιαν του εφοδ, εκ χρυσιου, εκ κυανου και πορφυρου και κοκκινου και βυσσου κεκλωσμενης.

9 Τετραγωνον ητο· διπλουν εκαμον το περιστηθιον· μιας σπιθαμης το μηκος αυτου και μιας σπιθαμης το πλατος αυτου, διπλου.

10 Και ενηρμοσαν εις αυτο τεσσαρας σειρας λιθων· σειρα σαρδιου, τοπαζιου και σμαραγδου ητο η σειρα η πρωτη.

11 Και η δευτερα σειρα, ανθραξ, σαπφειρος και αδαμας.

12 Και η τριτη σειρα, λιγυριον, αχατης και αμεθυστος.

13 Και η τεταρτη σειρα, βηρυλλιον, ονυξ και ιασπις· ουτοι ησαν ενηρμοσμενοι εν οικισκοις χρυσοις εις τα περικλεισματα αυτων.

14 Και οι λιθοι ησαν κατα τα ονοματα των υιων Ισραηλ, δωδεκα, κατα τα ονοματα αυτων, κατα την γλυφην της σφραγιδος, εκαστος με το ονομα αυτου κατα τας δωδεκα φυλας.

15 Και εκαμον επι το περιστηθιον αλυσεις κατα τα ακρα, πλεκτης εργασιας εκ χρυσιου καθαρου.

16 Και εκαμον δυο οικισκους χρυσους και δυο κρικους χρυσους και επερασαν τους δυο κρικους εις τα δυο ακρα του περιστηθιου.

17 Και επερασαν τας δυο πλεκτας χρυσας αλυσεις εις τους δυο κρικους τους εις τα ακρα του περιστηθιου.

18 Και τα δυο ακρα των δυο πλεκτων αλυσεων συνηψαν με τους δυο οικισκους και εβαλον αυτους επι των επωμιδων του εφοδ, εις το εμπροσθεν μερος αυτου.

19 Και εκαμον δυο κρικους χρυσους και εβαλον αυτους επι των δυο ακρων του περιστηθιου, εις το χειλος αυτου, το οποιον ητο κατα το μερος του εφοδ εσωθεν.

20 Και εκαμον δυο αλλους κρικους χρυσους και εβαλον αυτους εις τα δυο πλαγια του εφοδ κατωθεν, προς το εμπροσθινον μερος αυτου αντικρυ της αλλης ενωσεως αυτου ανωθεν της κεντητης ζωνης του εφοδ.

21 Και εδεσαν το περιστηθιον δια των κρικων αυτου εις τους κρικους του εφοδ με ταινιαν εκ κυανου, δια να ηναι ανωθεν της κεντητης ζωνης του εφοδ, και δια να μη ηναι το περιστηθιον κεχωρισμενον απο του εφοδ· καθως προσεταξεν ο Κυριος εις τον Μωυσην.

22 Και εκαμε τον ποδηρη του εφοδ εργασιας υφαντης, ολον εκ κυανου.

23 Και ητο ανοιγμα εν τω μεσω του ποδηρους, ως ανοιγμα θωρακος, με ταινιαν κυκλω του ανοιγματος, δια να μη σχιζηται.

24 Και εκαμον επι των κρασπεδων του ποδηρους ροδια εκ κυανου και πορφυρου και κοκκινου και βυσσου κεκλωσμενης.

25 Και εκαμον κωδωνας εκ χρυσιου καθαρου και εβαλον τους κωδωνας μεταξυ των ροδιων επι του κρασπεδου του ποδηρους κυκλω μεταξυ των ροδιων·

26 κωδωνα και ροδιον, κωδωνα και ροδιον, επι των κρασπεδων του ποδηρους του λειτουργικου κυκλω καθως προσεταξεν ο Κυριος εις τον Μωυσην.

27 Και εκαμον τους χιτωνας εκ βυσσου υφαντης εργασιας, δια τον Ααρων και δια τους υιους αυτου,

28 και την μιτραν εκ βυσσου και τα μιτριδια κεκοσμημενα εκ βυσσου και τα λινα περισκελη εκ βυσσου κεκλωσμενης,

29 και την ζωνην εκ βυσσου κεκλωσμενης και κυανου και πορφυρου και κοκκινου, κεντητης εργασιας· καθως προσεταξεν ο Κυριος εις τον Μωυσην.

30 Και εκαμον το πεταλον του ιερου στεμματος εκ χρυσιου καθαρου και ενεχαραξαν επ' αυτο γραμματα ως χαραγμα σφραγιδος, ΑΓΙΑΣΜΟΣ ΕΙΣ ΤΟΝ ΚΥΡΙΟΝ.

31 Και εδεσαν εις αυτο ταινιαν κυανην, δια να συναψωσιν αυτο ανωθεν επι της μιτρας· καθως προσεταξεν ο Κυριος εις τον Μωυσην.

32 Ουτως ετελειωθη απαν το εργον της σκηνης του μαρτυριου· και εκαμον οι υιοι Ισραηλ κατα παντα οσα προσεταξεν ο Κυριος εις τον Μωυσην· ουτως εκαμον.

33 Και εφεραν την σκηνην προς τον Μωυσην· την σκηνην, και παντα τα σκευη αυτης, τας περονας αυτης, τας σανιδας αυτης, τους μοχλους αυτης και τους στυλους αυτης, και τα υποβασια αυτης,

34 και το επικαλυμμα το εκ δερματων κριων κοκκινοβαφων και το επικαλυμμα το εκ δερματων θωων και το καλυπτηριον καταπετασμα,

35 την κιβωτον του μαρτυριου και τους μοχλους αυτης και το ιλαστηριον,

36 την τραπεζαν, παντα τα σκευη αυτης και τους αρτους της προθεσεως,

37 την καθαραν λυχνιαν, τους λυχνους αυτης, τους λυχνους κατα την διαταξιν αυτων και παντα τα σκευη αυτης και το ελαιον του φωτος,

38 και το χρυσουν θυσιαστηριον και το χριστηριον ελαιον και το ευωδες θυμιαμα και τον ταπητα δια την θυραν της σκηνης,

39 το χαλκινον θυσιαστηριον και την χαλκινην εσχαραν αυτου, τους μοχλους αυτου και παντα τα σκευη αυτου, τον νιπτηρα και την βασιν αυτου,

40 τα παραπετασματα της αυλης, τους στυλους αυτης και τα υποβασια αυτης και το καταπετασμα δια την πυλην της αυλης, τα σχοινια αυτης και τους πασσαλους αυτης και παντα τα σκευη της υπηρεσιας της σκηνης δια την σκηνην του μαρτυριου,

41 τας λειτουργικας στολας, δια να λειτουργωσιν εν τω αγιω, και τας αγιας στολας δια τον Ααρων τον ιερεα και τας στολας των υιων αυτου, δια να ιερατευωσι.

42 Κατα παντα οσα προσεταξεν ο Κυριος εις τον Μωυσην, ουτως εκαμον οι υιοι Ισραηλ απαν το εργον.

43 Και ειδεν ο Μωυσης απαν το εργον και ιδου, ειχον καμει αυτο καθως προσεταξεν ο Κυριος· ουτως εκαμον· και ευλογησεν αυτους ο Μωυσης.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9874

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9874. 'Enclosed in gold shall they be in their settings' means that all of them in general and each in particular must emanate from the good belonging to the love that is received from the Lord and shown to the Lord. This is clear from the meaning of 'gold' as the good of love, dealt with in 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, 6914, 6917, 8932, 9490, 9510; and from the meaning of 'being enclosed in it in their settings' as emanating from that good. For every single stone was surrounded by and so enclosed in gold, and since 'gold' means the good of love what is enclosed means that which exists or emanates from that good. The like is meant in verse 11 of the present chapter by the sockets of gold which surrounded the two shoham stones placed on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod.

[2] The implications of all this are that the breastplate and its twelve stones represented every good and truth in the heavens and so represented all heaven, as shown above. Moreover not only the heavens but also every community in the heavens, indeed each angel within a community, is surrounded by a Divine sphere, which consists of Divine Good and Truth emanating from the Lord, see where this is dealt with in 9490-9492, 9498, 9499, 9534. And since the good and truth of this sphere is received by the angels, so also every single thing present with them emanates from there; for each angel is heaven in the smallest form it takes. The actual good emanating from the Lord is what the gold around the stones and enclosing them represents.

[3] The truth that this good is the good of love that is received from the Lord and shown to the Lord may be recognized from the consideration that all good belongs to love, for what a person loves he calls good and also feels to be such. From this it is evident that heavenly good is the good of love to the Lord, for this love is what joins angel and man to the Lord; through this love they are brought to Him and enjoy all the good of heaven. It is well known in the Church that this good comes from the Lord, for the teaching of the Church is that all good originates in God and none at all in oneself. From this it is evident that the good of love shown to the Lord must come from the Lord, and that good from any other source is not good.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #1551

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1551. That 'silver' means truths is clear from the meaning of 'silver' as truth. The most ancient people compared the goods and truths present in man to metals. Innermost or celestial goods which flow from love to the Lord they compared to gold, truths deriving from these to silver. Goods of a lower or natural kind however they compared to bronze, and truths of a lower kind to iron. Nor did they just compare them; they also called them such. This was the origin of periods of time being likened to those same metals and being called the golden, silver, bronze, and iron ages, for these followed in that order one after another. The golden age was the time of the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial man. The silver age was the time of the Ancient Church, which was spiritual man. The bronze age was the time of the Church that followed, and the iron age came after that. Similar things were also meant by the statue which Nebuchadnezzar saw in a dream, whose head was of fine gold, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, and shins of iron, Daniel 2:32-33. That periods of the Church were to follow one another in that order, and actually did so, is clear in that very chapter of the same prophet.

[2] That 'silver' in the internal sense of the Word wherever it is mentioned means truth, or in the contrary sense falsity, is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron. And I will make peace your assessment, and righteousness your tax-collectors. Isaiah 60:17.

Here it is evident what each metal means. The subject is the Lord's Coming, His kingdom, and the celestial Church. 'Instead of bronze, gold' is celestial good in place of natural good; 'instead of iron, silver' is spiritual truth in place of natural truth; 'instead of wood, bronze' is natural good in place of bodily good; 'instead of stone, iron' is natural truth in place of truth acquired through the senses. In the same prophet,

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the water, and he who has no money, 1 come, buy and eat! Isaiah 55:1.

'He who has no money' 1 is the person who does not know the truth but who nevertheless possesses the good that stems from charity, as is the case with many people inside the Church, and with gentiles outside it.

[3] In the same prophet,

The islands will wait for Me, the ships of Tarshish at their head, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of Jehovah your God, and to the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 60:9.

This refers specifically to a new Church, or a Church among gentiles, and in general to the Lord's kingdom. 'Ships from Tarshish' stands for cognitions, 'silver' for truths, and 'gold' for goods, which are those things they 'will bring to the name of Jehovah'. In Ezekiel,

For your adornment you took vessels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and you made for yourselves figures of the male. Ezekiel 16:17.

Here 'gold' stands for cognitions of celestial things, 'silver' of spiritual things. In the same prophet,

You were adorned with gold and silver, and your raiment was fine linen and silk, and embroidered cloth. Ezekiel 16:13.

This refers to Jerusalem, by which the Lord's Church is meant, whose adornment is being described in this manner. In the same prophet,

Behold, you who are wise, there is no secret they have hidden from you; by your wisdom and by your intelligence you have acquired riches for yourself, and you have acquired gold and silver in your treasuries. Ezekiel 28:3-4.

Here, in what is said in reference to Tyre, 'gold' is plainly identified with the riches of wisdom, and 'silver' with the riches of intelligence.

[4] In Joel,

You have taken My silver and My gold, and My good and desirable treasures you have carried into your temples. Joel 3:5.

This refers to Tyre, Sidon, and Philistia, which mean cognitions, and these are 'the silver and the gold they took into their temples'. In Haggai,

The elect of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory. Mine is the silver, and Mine is the gold. The glory of this latter house will be greater than that of the former. Haggai 2:7-9.

This refers to the Lord's Church to which 'gold and silver' have reference. In Malachi,

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi. Malachi 3:3.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. In David,

The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver refined in an earthen crucible, poured seven times. Psalms 12:6.

'Silver purified seven times' stands for Divine truth. At the time of their exodus out of Egypt the children of Israel were commanded that every woman should ask of her neighbour, and of her who sojourned in her house, vessels of silver and vessels of gold and garments, and that they should put them on their sons and on their daughters, and so despoil the Egyptians, Exodus 3:22; 11:2-3; 12:35-36. Anyone may see from this that the children of Israel would never have been ordered to steal and despoil the Egyptians of those possessions in that way if these did not represent some arcana. But what those arcana are may become clear from the meaning of 'silver and gold, garments, and Egypt', and from the fact that what these possessions represented is similar to the words here 'rich in the silver and gold from Egypt', used in reference to Abram.

[5] Just as 'silver' means truth so in a contrary sense it means falsity, for people under the influence of falsity imagine falsity to be the truth, as is also clear in the Prophets. In Moses,

You shall not covet the silver and the gold of the nations, nor take it for yourself, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to Jehovah your God. You shall utterly detest it. Deuteronomy 7:25-26.

'The gold of the nations' stands for evils, and 'their silver' for falsities. In the same author,

You shall not make gods of silver to be with Me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. Exodus 20:23.

In the internal sense these words mean nothing other than falsities and evil desires, falsities being meant by 'gods of silver', and evil desires by 'gods of gold'. In Isaiah,

On that day everyone will spurn his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you - a sin. Isaiah 31:7.

'Idols of silver and idols of gold' stands for similar things that are false and evil 'Which your hands have made' stands for what is a product of the proprium. In Jeremiah,

They are foolish and stupid; that wood is a way of learning vanities! Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the smith and of the hands of the moulder. Their clothing is violet and purple These are all the work of the wise. Jeremiah 10:8-9.

Here 'silver' and 'gold' quite clearly stand for similar things that are false and evil.

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