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Ezequiel 41

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1 Me metió luego en el Templo, y midió los postes, siendo el ancho seis codos de una parte, y seis codos de otra, la anchura del arco.

2 Y la anchura de cada puerta era de diez codos; y los lados de la puerta, de cinco codos de una parte, y cinco de la otra. Y midió su longitud de cuarenta codos, y la anchura de veinte codos.

3 Y pasó al interior, y midió cada poste de la puerta de dos codos; y la puerta de seis codos; y la anchura de la entrada de siete codos.

4 Midió también su longitud, de veinte codos, y la anchura de veinte codos, delante del Templo; y me dijo: Este es el lugar Santísimo.

5 Después midió el muro de la casa, de seis codos; y de cuatro codos la anchura de las cámaras, en torno de la casa alrededor.

6 Y las cámaras eran cámara sobre cámara, treinta y tres por orden; y entraban modillones en la pared de la Casa alrededor, sobre los que las cámaras estribasen, y no estribasen en la pared de la Casa.

7 Y había mayor anchura y vuelta en las cámaras a lo más alto; el caracol de la Casa subía muy alto alrededor por dentro de la Casa; por tanto, la Casa tenía más anchura arriba; y de la cámara baja se subía a la más alta por la del medio.

8 Y miré la altura de la Casa alrededor; los cimientos de las cámaras eran una caña entera de seis codos de grandor.

9 Y la anchura de la pared de afuera de las cámaras era de cinco codos, y el espacio que quedaba de las cámaras de la Casa por dentro.

10 Y entre las cámaras había anchura de veinte codos por todos lados alrededor de la Casa.

11 Y la puerta de cada cámara salía al espacio que quedaba; una puerta hacia el norte, y otra puerta hacia el mediodía; y la anchura del espacio que quedaba era de cinco codos por todo alrededor.

12 Y el edificio que estaba delante del apartamiento al lado hacia el occidente era de setenta codos; y la pared del edificio, de cinco codos de anchura alrededor, y noventa codos de largo.

13 Y midió la Casa, cien codos de largo; y el apartamiento, y el edificio, y sus paredes, de longitud de cien codos;

14 y la anchura de la delantera de la Casa, y del apartamiento al mediodía, de cien codos.

15 Y midió la longitud del edificio que estaba delante del apartamiento que había detrás de él, y las cámaras de una parte y otra, cien codos; y el Templo de dentro, y los portales del atrio.

16 Los umbrales, y las ventanas estrechas, y las cámaras, tres en derredor a la parte delantera, todo cubierto de madera alrededor desde la tierra hasta las ventanas; y las ventanas también cubiertas.

17 Encima de sobre la puerta, y hasta la Casa de dentro, y de fuera, y por toda la pared en derredor por dentro y por fuera, tomó medidas.

18 Y la pared estaba labrada con querubines y palmas; entre querubín y querubín una palma; y cada querubín tenía dos rostros:

19 Un rostro de hombre hacia la palma de una parte, y el otro rostro de león hacia la palma de la otra parte, por toda la Casa alrededor.

20 Desde la tierra hasta encima de la puerta había labrados querubines y palmas, y por toda la pared del Templo.

21 Cada poste del Templo era cuadrado, y la delantera del Santuario era como la otra delantera.

22 La altura del altar de madera era de tres codos, y su longitud de dos codos; y sus esquinas, y su superficie, y sus paredes, eran de madera. Y me dijo: Esta es la mesa que está delante del SEÑOR.

23 Y el Templo y el Santuario tenían dos portadas.

24 Y en cada portada había dos hojas, dos hojas que se volvían; dos hojas en una portada, y otras dos en la otra.

25 Y en las puertas del Templo había labrados de querubines y palmas, así como estaban hechos en las paredes, y grueso madero sobre la delantera de la entrada por fuera.

26 Y había ventanas estrechas, y palmas de una y otra parte por los lados de la entrada, y de la Casa, y por las vigas.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#9603

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9603. 'All the curtains shall have one measure' means that the state of affairs shall be the same [with each one]. This is clear from the meaning of 'measure' as the state of affairs as regards truth, dealt with in 3104, so that 'all the curtains shall have one measure' means that the state of affairs shall be the same with every truth. The expression 'the same state of affairs', when applied to the truths of faith in the spiritual kingdom, means that they all look towards good, and through good towards the Lord, the Source of it. Truths which do not look in this direction are not the truths of faith, nor consequently are they truths of the Church or of heaven. Truths which look in some other direction may indeed to outward appearance seem like truths, but they are not truths because they are devoid of life. For the life of truth is good, and good comes from the Lord, who Alone is life. Truths that look in any other direction are like members of a body without a soul, which are not the members of any body because they are devoid of life and so are useless.

[2] The fact that 'measure' means the state of affairs as regards truth, and also the state of affairs as regards good, is evident from the places in the Word where the measures of the new Jerusalem, and also those of the new temple, are the subject. The new or holy Jerusalem means the Lord's New Church, as does the new temple; therefore by their measures states of affairs as regards truth and as regards good are meant, as in John,

The angel had a gold reed to measure the holy Jerusalem, and its gates, and its wall. And he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. He measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits, which is the measure of a man (homo), that is, of an angel. Revelation 21:15-17.

The measures stated here, it is plainly evident, mean states as regards good and truth, for 'the holy Jerusalem' is the Lord's New Church, 'its gates and wall' being the protective truths of faith. 'Twelve thousand' means all the truths and forms of good in their entirety; and 'a hundred and forty-four' has a similar meaning, 7973, for this number is similar in meaning to the number twelve because it is the product of twelve multiplied by twelve, and 'twelve' means all truths and forms of good in their entirety, see 577, 2089, 2129 (end), 2130 (end), 3272, 3858, 3913. 'The measure of a man, that is, of an angel' means that this is what the state of the Church and of heaven is like as regards forms of the good of love and truths of faith; for 'a man' is the Church and 'an angel' is heaven. Without knowledge of what is meant by 'the holy Jerusalem', by 'its gates and wall', by the number 'twelve thousand furlongs', and by the measure of the wall being 'a hundred and forty-four [cubits]', and also what is meant by 'the measure', 'a man', and 'an angel', would anyone ever know [the real meaning of the description] that the measure of the city was twelve thousand furlongs, or that the measure of a wall of 144 cubits was the measure of a man, that is, of an angel?

[3] Much the same is meant by the measuring in Zechariah,

I raised my eyes and saw, and behold, a man (vir) who had a measuring line in his hand. I said, Where are you going? And he said, To measure Jerusalem to see how broad it is and how long it is. Zechariah 2:1-2.

Also in Chapters 40-42 of Ezekiel, which speak about the man with a measuring rod, who measured the houses of the new city, and also the temple - the walls, gates, footings, thresholds, windows, and steps. Unless the measurements in these places had meant the states of the thing as regards truth and good, such details would never have been mentioned. 'Measuring' generally means the state of the truth and good: In Jeremiah,

Thus said Jehovah, If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth beneath searched out, behold, I will nevertheless reject the seed of Israel on account of all that they have done. Behold, the days are coming in which the city for Jehovah will be built. And the measuring line will again go out over the hill of Gareb, and around towards Goah. Jeremiah 31:37-39.

And also in Isaiah,

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, marked off 1 the heavens with His span, and gathered the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills on the scales? Isaiah 40:12.

脚注:

1. literally, weighed

  
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Arcana Coelestia#5335

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5335. 'And Joseph was a son of thirty years' means a state when the quantity of remnants was complete. This is clear from the meaning of 'thirty' as a completed number of remnants, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'years' as states, dealt with in 482, 487, 488, 493, 893. In the Word the number thirty can mean some existence of conflict, or else it can mean a completed number of remnants. The reason why that number has this twofold meaning is that it is arrived at by multiplying five and six, or else by multiplying three and ten. When it is the product of five times six it means some existence of conflict, 2276, because 'five' means some, 649, 4638, 5291, and 'six' conflict, 720, 737, 900, 1709. But when thirty is the product of three times ten it means a completed number of remnants, because 'three' means that which is complete, 2788, 4495, and 'ten' means remnants, 576, 1906, 2284. A composite number implies much the same as the simple ones of which it is the product, 5291. Remnants are the truths joined to good which have been stored away by the Lord in a person's interior parts, see 468, 530, 560, 561, 576, 660, 1050, 1738, 1906, 2284, 5135.

[2] A completed number of remnants is likewise meant by 'thirty' - as it is also by 'sixty', and by 'a hundred' too - in Mark,

The seed which fell into good ground yielded fruit growing up and increasing. One bore thirty-fold, and another sixty, and another a hundred. Mark 4:8, 10.

Each of these numbers, being a multiple of ten, means a completed number of remnants. Also, because no one can be regenerated - that is, permitted to enter into spiritual temptations, by means of which regeneration is effected - until he has received a completed number of remnants, it was therefore laid down that no Levite should carry out any work in the tent of meeting until he was fully thirty years old. Their work or function is also called 'military service', being referred to in Moses as follows,

Take a census of the sons of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi - from sons thirty years of age and over, up to sons fifty years of age, everyone coming to perform military service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. Numbers 4:2-3.

Much the same is said regarding the sons of Gershon, and much the same regarding the sons of Merari, in verses 22, 23, 29, 30, and then in verses 35, 39, 43. Of that same chapter in Moses. And something similar is implied where it says that David began to reign when he was a son thirty years of age, 2 Samuel 5:4.

[3] From all this one may now see why the Lord did not make Himself known until He was thirty years of age, Luke 3:23. At that age a completed number of remnants existed with Him, though these remnants which the Lord possessed were ones that He Himself had acquired for Himself. They were also Divine ones and the means by which He united His Human Essence to His Divine Essence and made that Human Essence Divine, 1906. In Him therefore lies the reason why 'thirty years' means a state when the quantity of remnants is complete and why the priests the Levites began to perform their specific functions when they were thirty years old. And because he was to represent the Lord's kingship, David did not begin to reign until he was that same age. For every representative is derived from the Lord, and therefore every representative has reference to Him.

  
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