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1 あなたはまたアカシヤ材で祭壇を造らなければならない。長さ五キュビト、幅五キュビトの四角で、高さキュビトである。

2 そのすみの上にその一部としてそれのを造り、青銅で祭壇をおおわなければならない。

3 また灰を取るつぼ、十能、鉢、肉叉、火皿を造り、その器はみな青銅で造らなければならない。

4 また祭壇のために青銅の網細工の格子を造り、そのすみで、網の上に青銅の環をつ取り付けなければならない。

5 その網を祭壇の出張りの下に取り付け、これを祭壇の高さの半ばに達するようにしなければならない。

6 また祭壇のために、さおを造らなければならない。すなわちアカシヤ材で、さおを造り、青銅で、これをおおわなければならない。

7 そのさおを環に通し、さおを祭壇の両側にして、これをかつがなければならない。

8 祭壇は板で空洞に造り、で示されたように、これを造らなければならない。

9 あなたはまた幕屋の庭を造り、両側では庭のために長さキュビトの亜麻の撚糸のあげばりを設け、その一方に当てなければならない。

10 その二十、その二十の座は青銅にし、そのの鉤と桁とはにしなければならない。

11 また同じく側のために、長さキュビトのあげばりを設けなければならない。その二十、その二十の座は青銅にし、そのの鉤と桁とはにしなければならない。

12 また庭の西側の幅のために五十キュビトのあげばりを設けなければならない。その、その座も

13 また東側でも庭の幅を五十キュビトにしなければならない。

14 そしてその一方に十五キュビトのあげばりを設けなければならない。そのつ、その座もつ。

15 また他の一方にも十五キュビトのあげばりを設けなければならない。そのつ、その座もつ。

16 庭ののために糸、紫糸、緋糸、亜麻の撚糸で、色とりどりに織った長さ二十キュビトのとばりを設けなければならない。そのつ、その座もつ。

17 庭の周囲のはみなの桁でつなぎ、その鉤は、その座は青銅にしなければならない。

18 庭の長さキュビト、その幅は五十キュビト、その高さは五キュビトで、亜麻の撚糸の布を掛けめぐらし、その座を青銅にしなければならない。

19 すべて幕屋に用いるもろもろの器、およびそのすべての釘、また庭のすべての釘は青銅で造らなければならない。

20 あなたはまたイスラエルの人々に命じて、オリブをつぶして採った純粋のを、ともし火のために持ってこさせ、絶えずともし火をともさなければならない。

21 アロンとそのたちとは、会見の幕屋の中のあかしの箱のにある垂幕の外で、夕からまで主のに、そのともし火を整えなければならない。これはイスラエルの人々の守るべき世々変らざる定めでなければならない。

   

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #9437

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9437. And Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights. That this signifies what is complete in respect to instruction and influx, is evident from the signification of “forty,” as being what is full or complete. That “forty” denotes what is full or complete, is because “four” denotes what is full (see n. 9103), in like manner “ten” (n. 3107, 4638), and the number forty arises from four multiplied into ten; for multiplied numbers signify the same as the simple numbers from which they have been multiplied (n. 5291, 5335, 5708, 7973). (That all numbers in the Word signify real things, see n. 575, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, 6175.) It is from this then that Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights. That “forty” here signifies what is complete in respect to instruction and influx, is plain from what follows in chapters 25 to 32, in which are recounted the things concerning which he was instructed, which were the ark, Aaron, the Urim and Thummim, and the sacrifices. That “forty” signifies what is complete as to influx also, is because from that time Moses began to represent the holy external of the Word, which mediates between the Lord and the people; and mediation is effected by influx through this holy external into the representative in which the people were (see n. 9419).

[2] As “forty” signified what is full or complete, therefore Moses remained on Mount Sinai not only on this occasion, but also on another, “forty days and forty nights” (Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:18, 25; 10:10). And for this reason the sons of Israel wandered in the wilderness “forty years,” until, as it is said, “all that generation was consumed” (Numbers 14:33-34; 32:13). And for this reason it was said by Jonah to the Ninevites that “the city would be overthrown after forty days” (Jonah 3:4). And for this reason the prophet was commanded “to lie on the right side, and to bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days” (Ezekiel 4:6). For this reason also it is said of Egypt that it should be surrendered to “an utter solitude forty years, and after those years should be gathered together from the peoples” (Ezekiel 29:11-13). And for this reason “it rained upon the earth, so that it was inundated with a flood, forty days and forty nights” (Genesis 7:4, 12, 17). From this it is evident why it was decreed that a wicked man should be “beaten with forty stripes” (Deuteronomy 25:3); for “forty stripes” signified punishment to the full. From this it is also evident what is meant in the prophetic song of Deborah and Barak, that “there was neither shield nor spear seen in the forty thousands of Israel” (Judges 5:8); “in the forty thousands of Israel” denotes in all. It is evident also from this why the temple built by Solomon was “forty cubits long” (1 Kings 6:17); in like manner the new temple described in Ezekiel (41:2); for by “the temple,” in the supreme sense, is signified the Lord; in the internal sense, heaven and the church; and thus by “forty,” what is complete in respect to representation. In like manner in other passages.

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

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Exodus 24

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1 He said to Moses, "Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.

2 Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him."

3 Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, "All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do."

4 Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

5 He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to Yahweh.

6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

7 He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, "All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient."

8 Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words."

9 Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.

10 They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.

11 He didn't lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank.

12 Yahweh said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the tables of stone with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them."

13 Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God's Mountain.

14 He said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them."

15 Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

16 The glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

17 The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

18 Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.