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1 Sitten minä näin, ja katso: taivaanvahvuuden yläpuolella, joka oli kerubien pään päällä, oli ikäänkuin safiirikivi, näöltään valtaistuimen kaltainen; se näkyi heidän yläpuolellansa.

2 Ja hän sanoi pellavavaatteisiin puetulle miehelle näin: "Mene rattaiden väliin, kerubin alle ja täytä kahmalosi tulisilla hiilillä kerubien välistä ja sirottele ne yli kaupungin". Niin hän meni minun silmäini edessä.

3 Ja kerubit seisoivat temppelin oikealla puolella, kun mies meni; ja pilvi peitti sisemmän esipihan.

4 Ja Herran kirkkaus kohosi kerubin yltä temppelin kynnykselle, ja pilvi täytti temppelin, ja esipiha tuli täyteen Herran kirkkauden hohdetta.

5 Ja kerubien siipien kohina kuului ulompaan esipihaan asti kuin kaikkivaltiaan Jumalan ääni, kun hän puhuu.

6 Ja kun hän käski pellavavaatteisiin puettua miestä sanoen: "Ota tulta rattaiden välistä, kerubien välistä", niin tämä meni ja seisahtui pyörän ääreen.

7 Ja kerubi ojensi kätensä kerubien välitse tuleen, joka oli kerubien välissä, otti sitä ja antoi pellavavaatteisiin puetun kahmaloon. Tämä otti sen ja meni ulos.

8 Silloin näkyi kerubeilla ikäänkuin ihmiskäsi heidän siipiensä alta.

9 Ja minä näin, ja katso: kerubien kohdalla oli neljä pyörää, yksi pyörä aina yhden kerubin ohella, ja pyörät olivat näöltään niinkuin krysoliittikivi.

10 Ja niillä neljällä näytti olevan sama muoto, niinkuin olisi ollut sisäkkäin pyörä pyörässä.

11 Ne kulkivat neljään eri suuntaansa, kun kulkivat. Kulkiessaan ne eivät kääntyneet, sillä minnepäin etumainen meni, sinne ne kulkivat sen jäljessä; ne eivät kääntyneet kulkiessaan.

12 Ja niillä oli koko ruumis ja selät ja kädet ja siivet ja pyörät täynnä silmiä, yltympäri.

13 Niillä neljällä oli pyöränsä; ja pyöriä nimitettiin minun kuulteni "rattaiksi".

14 Ja kullakin oli neljät kasvot: yhdet kerubinkasvot, toiset ihmiskasvot, kolmannet leijonankasvot ja neljännet kotkankasvot.

15 Ja kerubit kohosivat-ne olivat samat olennot, jotka minä olin nähnyt Kebar-joen varrella. -

16 Kun kerubit kulkivat, kulkivat pyörät niiden ohella, ja kun kerubit nostivat siipensä kohotaksensa ylös maasta, eivät myöskään pyörät kääntyneet pois niiden ohelta.

17 Kun ne seisahtuivat, seisahtuivat nämäkin, ja kun ne kohosivat, kohosivat nämä niiden kanssa, sillä olentojen henki oli näissä.

18 Sitten Herran kirkkaus lähti temppelin kynnykseltä ja asettui kerubien ylle.

19 Ja lähtiessään kerubit nostivat siipensä ja kohosivat maasta minun silmäini edessä, ja pyörät samalla kuin ne; ja ne seisahtuivat Herran huoneen itäportin ovelle, ja niiden yläpuolella oli Israelin Jumalan kirkkaus.

20 Nämä olivat samat olennot, jotka minä olin nähnyt Israelin Jumalan alla Kebar-joen varrella; ja minä tulin tietämään, että ne olivat kerubeja.

21 Neljät kasvot oli kullakin ja neljä siipeä kullakin, ja niiden siipien alla oli ikäänkuin ihmiskädet.

22 Ja niiden kasvot olivat muodoltaan samat, jotka minä olin nähnyt-sekä niiden näön että ne itsensä-Kebar-joen varrella. Ne kulkivat kukin suoraan eteenpäin.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9926

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9926. 'And his voice will be heard' means the inflow of truth among those in heaven and those on earth. This is clear from the meaning of 'being heard' as reception and perception, dealt with in 5017, 5471, 5475, 7216, 8361, 9311, and therefore also an inflowing, since things that are received and perceived must flow in; and from the meaning of 'voice' - when Aaron, who represents the Lord, is the subject - as Divine Truth, dealt with in 8813. For 'voice' means the declaration of that truth; and because the declaration is meant, truth among those in heaven and those on earth is meant. Divine Truth fills all things of heaven, and composes all things of the Church. Such declaration was represented by the 'voice' or sound made by the bells of gold when Aaron 'went into the holy place before Jehovah, and when he came out', as stated by the words that immediately follow in the present verse.

[2] The fact that 'voice' in the Word means Divine Truth that is heard and perceived in heaven and on earth is clear from the following places: In David,

The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters; the voice of Jehovah is powerful; the voice of Jehovah is majestic; the voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars; the voice of Jehovah strikes as a flame of fire; the voice of Jehovah causes the wilderness to shake; the voice of Jehovah causes the hinds to calve. But in His temple everyone says, Glory! Psalms 29:3-9.

The subject in this Psalm is the Divine Truth which destroys falsities and evils. This Divine Truth is meant by 'the voice of Jehovah', but by 'Glory' that is uttered is meant Divine Truth present in heaven and in the Church. For the meaning of 'glory' as Divine Truth, see 9429; and for that of 'temple' as heaven and the Church, 3720.

[3] In John,

He who is the Shepherd of the sheep, to him the gate-keeper opens, and the sheep hear His voice. The sheep follow Him, because they know His voice. A stranger they do not follow, because they do not know the voice of strangers. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice. But you are not of My sheep, for My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. John 10:2-5, 16, 26-27.

Here it is plainly evident that 'voice' means Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, which is the Word, 'the voice of strangers' being falsity.

[4] In Isaiah,

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Jehovah. For the glory of Jehovah will be revealed. The voice says, Cry! Get up on to the high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings. Lift it up; [say,] Behold, the Lord Jehovih comes with might. Isaiah 40:3, 5-6, 9-10; John 1:23.

'The voice' here means the declaration from the Word, telling about the Lord's Coming, and therefore also means Divine Truth, which the Word tells. 'The wilderness' is the state of the Church then, which is so to speak in the wilderness because the Word is no longer understood. 'The glory' which will be revealed is the Word on its more internal levels, for which meaning of 'glory' see 9429. 'Jehovah' for whom the way should be prepared, and 'the Lord Jehovih' who is to come in might, is plainly the Lord, for this is what it clearly says.

[5] In Isaiah,

The voice of your watchmen, they will lift up [their] voice, when they see eye to eye that Jehovah returns to Zion. Isaiah 52:8.

'Watchmen' stands for those who search the Scriptures regarding the Lord's Coming. Their 'voice' is the Word, which is Divine Truth, their source. In Jeremiah,

He who makes the earth, by His intelligence He spreads out the heavens; when He utters His voice, 1 there is a multitude of waters in the heavens. Jeremiah 10:12-13; 51:15-16.

'Voice' stands for Divine Truth, 'waters' for truths which are in the heavens and come from the heavens (for the meaning of 'waters' in the Word as truths, see 2702, 3058, 3424, 4976, 5668, 8568, 9323), as also in the Book of Revelation,

[6] ... the voice of the Son of Man as the sound of many waters. Revelation 1:15. I heard a voice from heaven, like the sound of many waters. Revelation 14:2.

And in David,

The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters, Jehovah is upon great waters. Psalms 29:3.

In Joel,

Jehovah uttered His voice before His army; for those who execute His Word are uncountable. Joel 2:11.

Here also 'voice' stands for Divine Truth, as does 'the Word' which they execute. In the same prophet,

Jehovah from Jerusalem will give forth His voice, that the heavens and the earth may be shaken. Joel 3:16.

In David,

O kingdoms of the earth, make melody to the Lord who rides above the heaven of the heaven of old. Behold, He will utter His voice, a mighty voice. 2 Psalms 68:32-33.

In John,

I say to you, that the hour will come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. John 5:25.

Here, it is evident, 'the voice' means Divine Truth and therefore the Word of the Lord.

[7] In Ezekiel,

The Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice 3 of a great earthquake, Blessed is the glory of Jehovah. And [I heard] the voice 3 of the wings of the living creatures, and the voice 3 of the wheels, and the voice 3 of the great earthquake. Ezekiel 3:12-13.

And after this,

The voice 3 of the wings of the cherubs was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Shaddai when He speaks. Ezekiel 10:5.

Here also 'the voice' is Divine Truth, for by 'the cherubs' is meant the Lord's providence and watchfulness, guarding against access to Himself, or into heaven, except through the good of love, 9277 (end), 9509. 'The voice of the wings' and 'the voice of the wheels' are spiritual truths.

[8] In the present verse, in which Aaron is the subject, the sound or ring from the bells is what 'the voice' refers to. There are also places in the Word in which the sounds or blasts from trumpets, or else the sounds or peals of thunder, are called 'voices', and by these in like manner Divine Truths are meant, see 7573. Furthermore the sounds made by different types of musical instruments have a similar meaning, though those producing separate vibrating notes mean Divine Truths that are spiritual, whereas those producing notes continuing one into the next mean Divine Truths that are celestial, 418-420, 4138, 8337. From this it is evident that by the sounds or 'the voices' of the bells Divine Truths that are spiritual are meant; for Aaron's garments, and in particular the robe, which had the bells on its hem round about, represented the Lord's spiritual kingdom or heaven, 9814, 9825.

Footnotes:

1. literally, at [His] voice which He gives [forth]

2. literally, He will give in voice a voice of might

3. i.e. the noise

  
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