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Exode 28

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1 Et toi fais approcher de toi Aaron ton frère, et ses fils avec lui, d'entre les enfants d'Israël, pour m'exercer la Sacrificature, [savoir] Aaron, et Nadab, Abihu, Eléazar et Ithamar, fils d'Aaron.

2 Et tu feras à Aaron ton frère de saints vêtements pour gloire et pour ornement.

3 Et tu parleras à tous les hommes d'esprit, à chacun de ceux que j'ai remplis de l'esprit de science, afin qu'ils fassent des vêtements à Aaron pour le sanctifier, afin qu'il m'exerce la Sacrificature.

4 Et ce sont ici les vêtements qu'ils feront; le Pectoral, l'Ephod, le Rochet, la Tunique, qui tienne serré, la Tiare, et le Baudrier; ils feront donc les saints vêtements à Aaron ton frère, et à ses fils, pour m'exercer la Sacrificature.

5 Et ils prendront de l'or, de la pourpre, de l'écarlate, du cramoisi, et du fin lin.

6 Et ils feront l'Ephod d'or, de pourpre, d'écarlate, de cramoisi, et de fin lin retors, d'un ouvrage exquis.

7 Il aura deux épaulières qui se joindront par les deux bouts, et il sera [ainsi] joint.

8 Le ceinturon exquis dont il sera ceint, [et] qui sera par-dessus, sera de même ouvrage, et tiré de lui, [étant] d'or, de pourpre, d'écarlate, de cramoisi, et de fin lin retors.

9 Et tu prendras deux pierres d'Onyx, et tu graveras sur elles les noms des enfants d'Israël;

10 Six de leurs noms sur une pierre et les Six noms des autres, sur l'autre pierre, selon leur naissance.

11 Tu graveras sur les deux pierres, d'ouvrage de lapidaire, de gravure de cachet, les noms des enfants d'Israël, et tu les enchâsseras dans des chatons d'or.

12 Et tu mettras les deux pierres sur les épaulières de l'Ephod, afin qu'elles soient des pierres de mémorial pour les enfants d'Israël; car Aaron portera leurs noms sur ses deux épaules devant l'Eternel, pour mémorial.

13 Tu feras aussi des crampons d'or;

14 Et deux chaînettes de fin or à bouts, en façon de cordon, et tu mettras les chaînettes ainsi faites à cordon dans les crampons.

15 Tu feras aussi le Pectoral de jugement d'un ouvrage exquis, comme l'ouvrage de l'Ephod, d'or, de pourpre, d'écarlate, de cramoisi, et de fin lin retors.

16 Il sera carré [et] double; et sa longueur sera d'une paume, et sa largeur d'une paume.

17 Et tu le rempliras de remplage de pierrerie, à quatre rangées de pierres [précieuses]. A la première rangée on mettra une Sardoine, une Topaze, et une Emeraude.

18 Et à la seconde rangée, une Escarboucle, un Saphir, et un Jaspe.

19 Et à la troisième rangée, un Ligure, une Agathe, et une Améthyste.

20 Et à la quatrième rangée, un Chrysolithe, un Onyx et un Béryl, qui seront enchâssés dans de l'or, selon leurs remplages.

21 Et ces pierres-là seront selon les noms des enfants d'Israël, douze selon leurs noms, chacune d'elles gravée de gravure de cachet, selon le nom qu'elle en doit porter, [et] elles seront pour les douze Tribus.

22 Tu feras donc pour le Pectoral des chaînettes à bouts, en façon de cordon, qui seront de pur or.

23 Et tu feras sur le Pectoral deux anneaux d'or, et tu mettras les deux anneaux aux deux bouts du Pectoral.

24 Et tu mettras les deux chaînettes d'or faites à cordon, dans les deux anneaux à l'extrémité du Pectoral.

25 Et tu mettras les deux autres bouts des deux chaînettes faites à cordon, aux deux crampons, et tu les mettras sur les épaulières de l'Ephod, sur le devant de l'Ephod.

26 Tu feras aussi deux autres anneaux d'or, que tu mettras aux deux autres bouts du Pectoral, sur le bord qui sera du côté de l'Ephod en dedans.

27 Et tu feras deux autres anneaux d'or, que tu mettras aux deux épaulières de l'Ephod par le bas, répondant sur le devant, à l'endroit où il se joint, au-dessus du ceinturon exquis de l'Ephod.

28 Et ils joindront le Pectoral élevé par ses anneaux, aux anneaux de l'Ephod, avec un cordon de pourpre, afin qu'il tienne au-dessus du ceinturon exquis de l'Ephod, et que le Pectoral ne bouge point de dessus l'Ephod.

29 [Ainsi] Aaron portera sur son cœur les noms des enfants d'Israël au Pectoral de jugement, quand il entrera dans le lieu Saint, pour mémorial devant l'Eternel, continuellement.

30 Et tu mettras sur le Pectoral de jugement l'Urim et le Thummim, qui seront sur le cœur d'Aaron, quand il viendra devant l'Eternel; et Aaron portera le jugement des enfants d'Israël sur son cœur devant l'Eternel, continuellement.

31 Tu feras aussi le Rochet de l'Ephod entièrement de pourpre.

32 Et l'ouverture où passe la tête sera au milieu, [et] il y aura un ourlet à son ouverture tout autour, d'ouvrage tissu, comme l'ouverture d'un corselet, afin qu'il ne se déchire point.

33 Et tu feras à ses bords des grenades de pourpre, d'écarlate, et de cramoisi tout autour, et des clochettes d'or entre elles tout autour.

34 Une clochette d'or, puis une grenade; une clochette d'or, puis une grenade; aux bords du Rochet tout autour.

35 Et Aaron en sera revêtu quand il fera le service, et on en entendra le son lorsqu'il entrera dans le lieu Saint devant l'Eternel, et quand il en sortira, afin qu'il ne meure pas.

36 Et tu feras une lame de pur or, sur laquelle tu graveras [ces mots], de gravure de cachet : LA SAINTETÉ A L'ETERNEL.

37 Laquelle tu poseras avec un cordon de pourpre, et elle sera sur la Tiare, répondant sur le devant de la Tiare.

38 Et elle sera sur le front d'Aaron; et Aaron portera l'iniquité des saintes offrandes que les enfants d'Israël auront offertes, dans tous les dons de leurs saintes offrandes, et elle sera continuellement sur son front, pour les rendre agréables devant l'Eternel.

39 Tu feras aussi une chemise de fin lin qui s'appliquera sur le corps, et tu feras aussi la Tiare de fin lin; mais tu feras le baudrier d'ouvrage de broderie.

40 Tu feras aussi aux enfants d'Aaron des chemises, des baudriers, et des calottes pour leur gloire et pour leur ornement.

41 Et tu en revêtiras Aaron ton frère, et ses fils avec lui; tu les oindras, tu les consacreras et tu les sanctifieras; puis ils m'exerceront la Sacrificature.

42 Et tu leur feras des caleçons de lin, pour couvrir leur nudité, qui tiendront depuis les reins jusqu'au bas des cuisses.

43 Et Aaron et ses fils seront ainsi habillés quand ils entreront au Tabernacle d'assignation, ou quand ils approcheront de l'autel pour faire le service dans le lieu Saint; et ils ne porteront point la peine d'aucune iniquité, et ne mourront point. Ce sera une ordonnance perpétuelle pour lui et pour sa postérité après lui.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9466

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9466. 'And violet' means the celestial love of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'violet' as the celestial love of truth, the reason why 'violet' has this meaning being that it is a celestial colour, and by this colour truth from a celestial origin is meant, that is, truth springing from the good of love to the Lord. This good predominates in the inmost heaven, revealing itself in the middle or second heaven as the colours purple and violet. The actual good reveals itself as purple, and the truth springing from it as violet. For when colours appear in the next life, and in heaven itself, they are most beautiful ones; and they all have their origin in goodness and truth. For the sphere of affections for goodness and truth is revealed to the eyes of angels and of spirits also by means of colours, specific things being revealed by means of objects variously coloured, and also to their nostrils by means of odours. For every celestial reality belonging to good or spiritual reality belonging to truth is represented in the lower heavens by means of the kinds of things that appear in the natural order, and by this means is revealed to the actual external senses of spirits and angels in those heavens. The reason why the spheres of affection for goodness and truth are revealed visually by means of colours is that colours are modifications of heavenly light, and so of intelligence and wisdom, see 4530, 4677, 4742, 4922.

[2] This now explains why the materials that were to be gathered together for the tabernacle and Aaron's garments included violet, purple, twice-dyed scarlet, and skins of red rams; for the tabernacle represented the Lord's heaven, the materials which were used to construct and cover it represented the celestial and spiritual realities that belong to goodness and truth, and Aaron's garments had a like representation, 9457. It explains why the veil within which the ark of the Testimony was placed was woven from violet, purple, twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen thread, Exodus 26:31, as likewise was the covering for the door of the tent, Exodus 26:36, and the covering for the gate of the court as well, Exodus 27:16, and why the loops on the edge of the curtain were made of violet, Exodus 26:4. It also explains why the ephod was made of gold, violet, purple, twice-dyed scarlet, and linen thread woven together, as was the breastplate of judgement, Exodus 28:6, 15.

[3] 'Violet' means the celestial love of truth, and 'garments made of violet' cognitions or knowledge of truth present as a result of that love, in Ezekiel,

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. They were your traders with choice wares, 1 with balls of violet, and embroidery, and with chests of precious garments. Ezekiel 27:7, 24.

This refers to Tyre, by which cognitions of truth and good are meant, 1201. Knowledge and understanding acquired from these is described by 'embroidered work from Egypt', and by 'violet and purple from the islands of Elishah'. 'Embroidered work from Egypt' is factual knowledge of truth, and 'violet and purple from the islands of Elishah' is an understanding of truth and good.

[4] In the same prophet,

Two women, the daughters of one mother, in their youth committed whoredom in Egypt - Oholah and Oholibah. Oholah committed whoredom under Me and doted on the Assyrians her neighbours - clothed in violet, governors and leaders, horsemen riding on horses. Ezekiel 23:2-6.

'Oholah' stands for Samaria, and 'Oholibah' for Jerusalem, Samaria in this instance being the corrupted spiritual Church. 'Committing whoredom in Egypt' means falsifying truths by means of factual knowledge, 'doting on the Assyrians her neighbours' stands for having a love of reasonings based on those falsifications, and 'clothed in violet' stands for ideas which look like truth springing from good because they are derived from the literal sense of the Word interpreted wrongly.

[5] Something similar occurs in Jeremiah,

Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the smith and of the hands of the molder. Their clothing is violet and purple. These are all the work of the wise. Jeremiah 10:9.

This refers to the idols of the house of Israel, by which false teachings, supported by distortions of the outward sense of the Word, are meant, 9424. 'The work of the smith and of the hands of the molder', and also 'these are all the work of the wise', stand for the fact that they are the product of self-intelligence. 'Silver from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz' stands for their seeming to outward appearance to be true and good because they are taken from the Word; and much the same is meant by 'violet and purple' of which their clothing consisted.

[6] In John,

I saw horses in the vision, and those seated on them had breastplates of fire and violet and brimstone, by whom a third part of mankind was killed. Revelation 9:17-18.

'Horses' and 'those seated on them' stand for a topsy-turvy and corrupted understanding of truth. 'Breastplates of fire, violet, and brimstone' stands for defence of falsities that arise from the evils of devilish kinds of love. In this instance therefore 'fire' stands for the hellish love of evil, and 'violet' for the hellish love of falsity. They are accordingly used in the contrary sense; for the majority of things in the Word also have a contrary meaning.

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1. literally, with perfections

  
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1201. That 'Sidon' means the exterior cognitions of spiritual things is clear from the fact that he is called 'Canaan's firstborn', for in the internal sense the firstborn of every Church is faith, see 352, 367. Here however, where faith does not exist because internal things are missing they are no more than exterior cognitions of spiritual things taking the place of faith, thus cognitions such as those with the Jews which are cognitions not only of the ceremonies of external worship but also of many other things belonging to that worship, such as matters of doctrine. That 'Sidon' has this meaning is also evident from the fact that Tyre and Sidon were the furthest limits of Philistia, and were in fact by the sea. 'Tyre' therefore meant interior cognitions, and 'Sidon' those which were exterior, and yet cognitions of spiritual things. This is also clear from the Word: in Jeremiah,

On the day that is coming to lay waste all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remains, for Jehovah is laying waste the Philistines, the remnants of the island of Caphtor. Jeremiah 47:4.

Here 'the Philistines' stands for knowledge of the cognitions of faith and charity, 'Tyre' for interior cognitions, and 'Sidon' for cognitions of spiritual things.

[2] In Joel,

What are you to Me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the borders of Philistia? You have taken My silver and gold, and My good and desirable treasures you have carried into your temples. Joel 3:4-5.

Here 'Tyre' and 'Sidon' clearly stand for cognitions and are called 'the borders of Philistia', for 'gold and silver' and 'good and desirable treasures' are cognitions. In Ezekiel,

The princes of the north, all of them, and every Sidonian, who have gone down with the slain 1 into the pit. He was made to lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with those slain' by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude. Ezekiel 32:30, 32.

Here 'the Sidonian' stands for exterior cognitions, which when devoid of things that are internal are nothing else than facts, and it is for this reason that he is mentioned along with Pharaoh, or Egypt, who means facts. In Zechariah,

Hamath also will border on it, Tyre and Sidon, for it is exceedingly wise. Zechariah 9:2.

This refers to Damascus. 'Tyre and Sidon' stands for cognitions.

[3] In Ezekiel,

The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your wise men, O Tyre, were in you, they were your pilots. Ezekiel 27:8.

Here 'Tyre' stands for interior cognitions, and therefore her wise men are called 'pilots', while 'Sidon' stands for exterior cognitions and her inhabitants are therefore called 'rowers', for such is the relationship of interior cognitions to exterior. In Isaiah,

The inhabitants of the island are silent, O merchant of Sidon passing over the sea; they have replenished you. But on the great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the river, was her revenue, and was the merchandise of nations. Blush, O Sidon, for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea saying, I have not gone into labour, nor have I given birth, nor reared young men, nor brought up virgins. Isaiah 23:2-5.

Here 'Sidon' stands for exterior cognitions which, because they have nothing internal within them are called 'the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the river, her revenue, the merchandise of the nations', and also 'the sea, the stronghold of the sea', and 'one that does not go into labour and give birth'. What these expressions may mean could never be discerned in the literal sense, but their meaning is perfectly plain in the internal sense, as with everything else in the Prophets. Since 'Sidon' means exterior cognitions it is also referred to as the region surrounding Israel, which is the spiritual Church, Ezekiel 28:24, 26, for exterior cognitions are like a surrounding region.

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1. literally, pierced

  
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