The Bible

 

Izlazak 35

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1 Potom sabra Mojsije sav zbor sinova Izrailjevih, i reče im: Ovo je zapovedio Gospod da činite:

2 Šest dana da se radi, a sedmi da vam je svet, subota počivanja Gospodnjeg; ko bi radio u taj dan, da se pogubi.

3 Vatre ne ložite po stanovima svojim u dan subotni.

4 Još reče Mojsije svemu zboru sinova Izrailjevih govoreći: Ovo je zapovedio Gospod i rekao:

5 Skupite između sebe prilog Gospodu; ko god hoće drage volje, neka donese prilog Gospodu: zlato i srebro i bronzu,

6 I porfiru i skerlet i crvac i tanko platno i kostret,

7 I kože ovnujske crvene obojene i kože jazavičije i drvo sitim,

8 I ulje za videlo, i mirise za ulje pomazanja i za kad mirisni,

9 I kamenje onihovo, i kamenje za ukivanje po oplećku i po naprsniku.

10 I koji su god vešti među vama neka dođu da rade šta je zapovedio Gospod:

11 Šator, i naslon njegov, i pokrivač njegov, i kuke njegove, i daske njegove, prevornice njegove, stupove njegove i stopice njegove,

12 Kovčeg, i poluge njegove, i zaklopac, i zaves,

13 Sto, i poluge njegove i sve sprave njegove, i hleb za postavljanje,

14 I svećnjak za videlo sa spravama njegovim, i žiške njegove, i ulje za videlo,

15 I oltar kadioni, i poluge njegove, i ulje pomazanja, i kad mirisni, i zaves na vrata od šatora,

16 Oltar za žrtvu paljenicu, i rešetku njegovu od bronze, poluge njegove i sve sprave njegove, umivaonicu i podnožje njeno,

17 Zavese za trem, stupove njegove i stopice njegove, i zaves na vrata od trema,

18 Kolje za šator, i kolje za trem s užima njihovim.

19 Haljine službene za službu u svetinji, i Haljine svete Aronu svešteniku, i Haljine sinovima njegovim za službu svešteničku.

20 Tada otide sav zbor sinova Izrailjevih od Mojsija;

21 I vratiše se, svaki kog podiže srce njegovo i koga god duh pokrete dragovoljno, i donesoše prilog Gospodu za građenje šatora od sastanka i za svu službu u njemu i za haljine svete.

22 Dolaziše ljudi i žene, ko god beše dragovoljnog srca, i donosiše spone i oboce i prstenje i narukvice i svakojake nakite zlatne; i svaki donese prilog zlata Gospodu.

23 Ko god imaše porfire, skerleta, crvca, tankog platna, kostreti, koža ovnujskih crvenih obojenih i koža jazavičijih, svaki donošaše.

24 I ko god prilagaše srebro ili bronzu, donošaše u prilog Gospodu; i u koga god beše drveta sitima, za svaku upotrebu u službi donošaše.

25 I sve žene vešte predoše svojim rukama, i donosiše šta napredoše za porfiru, skerlet, crvac i tanko platno.

26 I sve žene koje podiže srce njihovo i behu vešte, predoše kostret.

27 A glavari donosiše kamenje onihovo i kamenje za ukivanje po oplećku i po naprsniku,

28 I mirise i ulje za videlo i ulje za pomazanje i za kad mirisni.

29 Svi ljudi i žene, koje podiže dragovoljno srce da donose šta treba za sve delo koje Gospod zapovedi preko Mojsija da se načini, donesoše sinovi Izrailjevi dragovoljni prilog Gospodu.

30 Tada reče Mojsije sinovima Izrailjevim: Vidite, Gospod pozva po imenu Veseleila sina Urije sina Orovog od plemena Judinog,

31 I napuni ga duha Božijeg, mudrosti, razuma i znanja i veštine za svaki posao,

32 Da vešto izmišlja kako se šta radi od zlata i srebra i od bronze,

33 Da ume rezati kamenje i ukivati, da ume tesati drvo i raditi svaki posao vrlo vešto.

34 I dade mu u srce, njemu i Elijavu sinu Ahisamahovom od plemena Danovog, da mogu učiti druge.

35 Napuni ih veštine da rade svaki posao, da kuju, tešu, vezu, i tkaju porfiru, skerlet, crvac i tanko platno, i da rade svakojake poslove vešto izmišljajući.

   

Commentary

 

Moses

  

At the inmost level, the story of Moses -- like all of the Bible -- is about the Lord and his spiritual development during his human life as Jesus. Moses's role represents establishing forms of worship and to make the people obedient. As such, his primary representation is "the Law of God," the rules God gave the people of Israel to follow in order to represent spiritual things. This can be interpreted narrowly as the Ten Commandments, more broadly as the books of Moses, or most broadly as the entire Bible. Fittingly, his spiritual meaning is complex and important, and evolves throughout the course of his life. To understand it, it helps to understand the meaning of the events in which he was involved. At a more basic level, Moses's story deals with the establishment of the third church to serve as a container of knowledge of the Lord. The first such church -- the Most Ancient Church, represented by Adam and centered on love of the Lord -- had fallen prey to human pride and was destroyed. The second -- the Ancient Church, represented by Noah and the generations that followed him -- was centered on love of the neighbor, wisdom from the Lord and knowledge of the correspondences between natural and spiritual things. It fell prey to the pride of intelligence, however -- represented by the Tower of Babel -- and at the time of Moses was in scattered pockets that were sliding into idolatry. On an external level, of course, Moses led the people of Israel out of Egypt through 40 years in the wilderness to the border of the homeland God had promised them. Along the way, he established and codified their religious system, and oversaw the creation of its most holy objects. Those rules and the forms of worship they created were given as containers for deeper ideas about the Lord, deeper truth, and at some points -- especially when he was first leading his people away from Egypt, a time before the rules had been written down -- Moses takes on the deeper representation of Divine Truth itself, truth from the Lord. At other times -- especially after Mount Sinai -- he has a less exalted meaning, representing the people of Israel themselves due to his position as their leader. Through Moses the Lord established a third church, one more external than its predecessors but one that could preserve knowledge of the Lord and could, through worship that represented spiritual things, make it possible for the Bible to be written and passed to future generations.