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1 你要用幅幔子做帳幕。這些幔子要用撚的細麻和藍色紫色、朱紅色線製造,並用巧匠的手工繡上基路伯

2 每幅幔子要長二十肘,寬肘,幔子都要樣的尺寸。

3 這五幅幔子要幅幅相連;那五幅幔子也要幅幅相連。

4 在這相連的幔子末幅邊上要做藍色的鈕扣;在那相連的幔子末幅邊上也要照樣做。

5 要在這相連的幔子上做五十個鈕扣;在那相連的幔子上也做五十個鈕扣,都要兩兩相對。

6 又要做五十鉤,用鉤使幔子相連,這才成了個帳幕。

7 你要用山羊毛織十一幅幔子,作為帳幕以上的罩棚。

8 每幅幔子要長三十肘,寬肘;十幅幔子都要樣的尺寸。

9 要把五幅幔子連成一幅,又把幅幔子連成一幅,這第六幅幔子要在罩棚的前面摺上去。

10 在這相連的幔子末幅邊上要做五十個鈕扣;在那相連的幔子末幅邊上也做五十個鈕扣。

11 又要做五十個銅鉤,鉤在鈕扣中,使罩棚連成個。

12 罩棚的幔子所餘那垂下來的半幅幔子,要垂在帳幕的後頭。

13 罩棚的幔子所餘長的,這邊一肘,那邊一肘,要垂在帳幕的兩旁,遮蓋帳幕。

14 又要用染紅的公羊皮做罩棚的蓋;再用海狗做一層罩棚上的頂蓋。

15 你要用皂莢做帳幕的豎板。

16 每塊要長肘,寬肘半;

17 每塊必有兩榫相對。帳幕切的板要這樣做。

18 帳幕的面要做板二十塊。

19 在這二十塊板底要做四十個帶卯的座,兩卯接這塊板上的兩榫,兩卯接那塊板上的兩榫。

20 帳幕第二面,就是面,也要做板二十

21 和帶卯的四十個;這板底有兩卯,那板底也有兩卯。

22 帳幕的後面,就是西面,要做板塊。

23 帳幕後面的拐角要做板兩塊。

24 板的半截要雙的,上半截要整的,直頂到第子;兩塊要這樣做兩個拐角。

25 必有塊板和十六個帶卯的座;這板底有兩卯,那板底也有兩卯。

26 你要用皂莢做閂:為帳幕這面的板做五閂,

27 為帳幕那面的板做五閂,又為帳幕後面的板做五閂。

28 板腰間的中閂要從這一頭通到那一頭。

29 板要用子包裹,又要做板上的套閂;閂也要用子包裹。

30 要照著在上指示你的樣式立起帳幕。

31 你要用藍色紫色、朱紅色線,和撚的細麻織幔子,以巧匠的手工繡上基路伯

32 要把幔子掛在根包的皂莢木子上,子上當有鉤,子安在個帶卯的座上。

33 要使幔子垂在鉤子,把法櫃抬進幔子內;這幔子要將所和至所隔開。

34 又要把施恩座安在至所內的法櫃上,

35 桌子安在幔子外帳幕的面;把臺安在帳幕的南面,彼此相對。

36 你要拿藍色紫色、朱紅色線,和撚的細麻,用繡花的手工織帳幕的簾。

37 要用皂莢木為簾子做五根子,用子包裹。子上當有鉤;又要為子用銅鑄造五個帶卯的座。

   

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #113

Studere hoc loco

  
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113. Nothing is more common in the Word than for the good that belongs to wisdom or else to love to be meant and represented by 'gold'. All the gold of the Ark, the Temple, the golden table, 1 the lampstands, the vessels, and on Aaron's vestments, meant and represented good that belongs to wisdom or else to love. Similarly in the Prophets, as in Ezekiel,

In your wisdom and in your intelligence have made wealth for yourself, and you have made gold and silver in your treasures. Ezekiel 28:4.

Here it is plainly stated that gold and silver, or good and truth, are the products of wisdom and intelligence, for 'silver' here means truth, as also does the silver of the Tabernacle 2 and the Temple. In Isaiah,

A multitude of camels will cover you, dromedaries of Midian and Ephah, all those from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense, and will proclaim the praises of Jehovah. Isaiah 60:6.

So too the wise men from the east who came to Jesus after His birth,

And they fell down and worshipped Him, and they opened their treasures, and offered Him gifts - gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Matthew 2:1, 11.

Here also 'gold' means good, 'frankincense and myrrh' those things that are pleasing, because they derive from love and faith, and are consequently called 'the praises of Jehovah'. 'Gold' is for the same reason mentioned in David,

He will live, and He will give to him from the gold of Sheba, and will pray for him continually, and bless him every day. Psalms 72:15.

V:

1. i.e. the table of Shewbread, or the table for the Bread of the Presence

2. The latin here means the Ark but Swedenborg is clearly referring to the Tabernacle.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.