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1 И сделай жертвенник из дерева ситтим длиною пяти локтей и шириною пяти локтей, так чтобы он был четыреугольный, и вышиною трех локтей.

2 И сделай роги на четырех углах его, так чтобы роги выходили из него; и обложи его медью.

3 Сделай к нему горшки для высыпания в них пепла, илопатки, и чаши, и вилки, и угольницы; все принадлежности сделай из меди.

4 Сделай к нему решетку, род сетки, из меди, и сделай на сетке, начетырех углах ее, четыре кольца медных;

5 и положи ее по окраине жертвенника внизу, так чтобы сетка была до половины жертвенника.

6 И сделай шесты для жертвенника, шесты из дерева ситтим, и обложи их медью;

7 и вкладывай шесты его в кольца, так чтобы шесты были по обоим бокам жертвенника, когда нести его.

8 Сделай его пустой внутри, досчатый: как показано тебе на горе, такпусть сделают.

9 Сделай двор скинии: с полуденной стороны к югу завесы для двора должны быть из крученого виссона, длиною во сто локтей по одной стороне;

10 столбов для них двадцать, и подножий для них двадцать медных; крючки у столбов исвязи на них из серебра.

11 Также и вдоль по северной стороне – завесы ста локтей длиною; столбов для них двадцать, и подножий для них двадцать медных; крючки у столбов и связи на них из серебра.

12 В ширину же двора с западной стороны – завесы пятидесяти локтей; столбов для них десять, и подножий к ним десять.

13 И в ширину двора с передней стороны к востоку – завесы пятидесяти локтей.

14 К одной стороне – завесы в пятнадцать локтей; столбов для них три, и подножий для них три;

15 и к другой стороне – завесы в пятнадцать локтей ; столбов для них три, иподножий для них три.

16 А для ворот двора завеса в двадцать локтей из голубой и пурпуровой и червленой шерсти и из крученого виссона узорчатой работы; столбов для нее четыре, и подножий к ним четыре.

17 Все столбы вокруг двора должны быть соединены связями из серебра; крючки у них из серебра, а подножия к ним из меди.

18 Длина двора сто локтей, а ширина по всему протяжению пятьдесят, высота пять локтей; завесы из крученого виссона, а подножия у столбов из меди.

19 Все принадлежности скинии для всякого употребления в ней, и все колья ее, и все колья двора – из меди.

20 И вели сынам Израилевым, чтобы они приносили тебе елей чистый,выбитый из маслин, для освещения, чтобы горел светильник во всякое время;

21 в скинии собрания вне завесы, которая пред ковчегом откровения, будет зажигать его Аарон и сыновья его, от вечера до утра, пред лицем Господним. Это устав вечный для поколений их от сынов Израилевых.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9777

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9777. '[And] all its pins and all the pins of the court, [they shall be made] from bronze' means everything that joins together and strengthens the two heavens, the middle and the lowest, through good. This is clear from the meaning of 'pins' as things that serve to join and strengthen, dealt with below; from the meaning of the dwelling-place, to which 'its' relates here, as heaven, in particular the middle heaven, dealt with in 9594, 9596, 9632; from the meaning of 'the court' as the lowest heaven, dealt with in 9741; and from the meaning of 'bronze' as external good, dealt with in 425, 1551.

[2] The reason why things that serve to join and strengthen are meant by 'pins' or pegs is that these articles do so. They have a similar meaning wherever else they are mentioned in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwelling-places; do not stop [them]. Lengthen your ropes, and make your pegs firm. Isaiah 54:2.

This refers to the New Church founded by the Lord. 'Enlarging the place of the tent, and stretching out the curtains of the dwelling-places' stands for the enhancement of teachings that present what is good and true, and worship that springs from them, 9596. 'Long ropes' and 'the pegs' stand for a far-reaching connection among truths and full corroboration of them. As for the court, that this too had ropes, see Exodus 35:18; Numbers 3:37; 4:32.

[3] In Isaiah,

Look upon Zion. May your eyes see Jerusalem, a quiet dwelling-place, a tabernacle which is not overthrown. Its pegs will never be removed, and none of its ropes will be pulled away. Isaiah 33:20.

'Pegs' and 'ropes' here stand in like manner for what serves to corroborate or strengthen and join together. 'Peg' again stands for strengthening and joining together in Isaiah 41:7 and Jeremiah 10:4; but these verses refer to idols, by which teachings of what is false are meant, because they are the product of self-intelligence, 8941, 9424. A peg however on which something is hung means affixing and joining [one thing to another], in Isaiah 22:23-24, and in Ezekiel 15:3.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #9467

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9467. 'And purple' means the celestial love of good. This is clear from the meaning of 'purple' as the celestial love of good, the reason why this love is meant by 'purple' being that by the colour red the good of celestial love is meant. For there are two basic colours from which all others are derived, the colour red and the colour white. The colour red means good which belongs to love, while the colour white means truth which belongs to faith. The reason why red means good belonging to love is that this colour exists before all else as fire, and fire means the good of love; and the reason why white means truth belonging to faith is that before all else that colour is light, and light means the truth of faith.

'Fire' means the good of love, see 5215, 6314, 6832, 6834, 6849, 7324, 9434.

'Light' means the truth of faith, 2776, 3195, 3636, 3643, 3993, 4302, 4413, 4415, 5400, 8644, 8707, 8861, 9399, 9407.

'Red' means the good of love, 3300.

'White' means the truth of faith, 3993, 4007, 5319.

[2] From all this it is evident what all other colours mean; for in the measure that they are derived from red they mean good belonging to love, and in the measure that they are derived from white they mean truth belonging to faith. All the colours that appear in heaven are modifications of heavenly light and flame, on those two levels. For heavenly light is real light; and essentially it is Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good. Therefore modifications of that light and flame are different variations of truth and good, and so of intelligence and wisdom.

[3] All this now shows how it came about that the veils and curtains of the tent, and also Aaron's garments, were to be woven out of violet, purple, twice-dyed scarlet, and linen thread, Exodus 25:4; 26:31, 36; 27:16; 28:6, 15, namely in order that celestial realities belonging to good and spiritual realities belonging to truth, which are the subject in what follows below, might be represented by them.

[4] Good from a celestial origin is again meant by 'purple' in Ezekiel,

Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail; violet and purple from the islands of Elishah was your covering. Ezekiel 27:7.

This refers to Tyre, by which cognitions or knowledge of truth and good are meant. 'Violet and purple covering' stands for cognitions of truth and good from a heavenly origin.

[5] Similar things are meant by 'purple and fine linen' in Luke,

There was a certain rich man (homo) who was clothed in purple and fine linen and indulged in delicacies splendidly every day. Luke 16:19.

'A rich man' is used to mean in the internal sense the Jewish nation, and the Church there, which was said to be 'rich' because of the cognitions or knowledge of good and truth from the Word which existed there. Garments of 'purple and fine linen' are those cognitions, 'of purple' meaning cognitions of good, and 'of fine linen' cognitions of truth, both from a heavenly origin because they come from the Divine. 'Purple' also has a similar meaning in the Book of Revelation,

The woman sitting on a scarlet beast was clothed in purple and scarlet. Revelation 17:3-4.

This refers to Babylon, which means the Church where the holy things of the Word are put to unholy ends, that is, to exercising control in heaven and on earth, and so to ends that spring from hellish self-love and love of the world.

  
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