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Exodus 27

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1 Gij zult ook een altaar maken van sittimhout; vijf ellen zal de lengte zijn, en vijf ellen de breedte (vierkant zal dit altaar zijn), en drie ellen zijn hoogte.

2 En gij zult zijn hoornen maken op zijn vier hoeken; uit hetzelve zullen zijn hoornen zijn, en gij zult het met koper overtrekken.

3 Gij zult het ook potten maken, om zijn as te ontvangen, ook zijn schoffelen, en zijn besprengbekkens, en zijn krauwelen, en zijn koolpannen; al zijn gereedschap zult gij van koper maken.

4 Gij zult het een rooster maken van koperen netwerk; en gij zult aan dat net vier koperen ringen maken aan zijn vier einden.

5 En gij zult het onder den omloop des altaars van beneden opleggen, alzo dat het net tot het midden des altaars zij.

6 Gij zult ook handbomen maken tot het altaar, handbomen van sittimhout; en gij zult ze met koper overtrekken.

7 En de handbomen zullen in de ringen gedaan worden, alzo dat de handbomen zijn aan beide zijden des altaars, als men het draagt.

8 Gij zult hetzelve hol van planken maken; gelijk als Hij u op den berg gewezen heeft, alzo zullen zij doen.

9 Gij zult ook den voorhof des tabernakels maken; aan den zuidhoek zuidwaarts, zullen aan den voorhof behangselen zijn van fijn getweernd linnen; de lengte ener zijde zal honderd ellen zijn.

10 Ook zullen zijn twintig pilaren en derzelver twintig voeten, van koper zijn; de haken dezer pilaren, en hun banden zullen van zilver zijn.

11 Alzo zullen ook aan den noorderhoek, in de lengte, de behangselen honderd ellen lang zijn; en zijn twintig pilaren, en derzelver twintig voeten, van koper; de haken der pilaren, en derzelver banden zullen van zilver zijn.

12 En in de breedte des voorhofs, aan den westerhoek, zullen behangselen zijn van vijftig ellen; hun pilaren tien, en derzelver voeten tien.

13 Van gelijken zal de breedte des voorhofs, aan den oosterhoek oostwaarts, van vijftig ellen zijn.

14 Alzo dat er vijftien ellen der behangselen op de ene zijde zijn; hun pilaren drie, en hun voeten drie;

15 En vijftien ellen der behangselen aan de andere zijde; hun pilaren drie, en hun voeten drie.

16 In de poort nu des voorhofs zal een deksel zijn van twintig ellen, hemelsblauw, en purper, en scharlaken, en fijn getweernd linnen, geborduurd werk; de pilaren vier, en hun voeten vier.

17 Al de pilaren des voorhofs zullen rondom met zilveren banden bezet zijn; hun haken zullen van zilver zijn, maar hun voeten zullen van koper zijn.

18 De lengte des voorhofs zal honderd ellen zijn, en de breedte doorgaans vijftig, en de hoogte vijf ellen, van fijn getweernd linnen; maar hun voeten zullen van koper zijn.

19 Aangaande al het gereedschap des tabernakels, in al deszelfs dienst, ja, al zijn pennen, en al de pennen des voorhofs, zullen van koper zijn.

20 Gij nu zult de kinderen Israels gebieden, dat zij tot u brengen reine olie van olijven, gestoten tot den luchter, dat men geduriglijk de lampen aansteke.

21 In de tent der samenkomst, van buiten den voorhang, die voor de getuigenis is, zal ze Aaron en zijn zonen toerichten, van den avond tot den morgen, voor het aangezicht des HEEREN; dit zal een eeuwige inzetting zijn voor hun geslachten, vanwege de kinderen Israels.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9741

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9741. 'And you shall make the court of the dwelling-place' means the lowest heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'the court of the dwelling-place' as the external part of heaven, thus the lowest heaven; for there are three heavens, the inmost, the middle, and the lowest. The inmost was represented by the inmost part of the dwelling-place, where the ark of the Testimony was; the middle one by the dwelling-place outside the veil; and the lowest by the court, which is the subject now. This heaven is called the court because they who are there are those who are governed by the good of faith and not as yet by the good of charity towards the neighbour - they who are governed by the good of charity being those who are in the middle heaven. Those in the lowest heaven, which is called the court, are called angelic spirits; those in the middle heaven are called spiritual angels; but those in the inmost heaven are called celestial angels.

[2] The good of faith itself too, which is the good of the lowest heaven, is meant by 'the court', because it is through this good that a person is led on into the good of charity towards the neighbour, which is the good of the middle heaven. It should be remembered that the good present with a person constitutes his heaven and that the kind of heaven that is his is determined by the kind of good that is his. There are three kinds of good that follow one another in order - the good of faith, the good of charity towards the neighbour, and the good of love to the Lord. The good of faith constitutes the lowest or first heaven, as stated above; the good of charity towards the neighbour constitutes the middle or second heaven; and the good of love to the Lord constitutes the inmost or third heaven.

[3] A little more needs to be said to give people an even better knowledge of the arrangement of the heavens. The heavens are divided into two kingdoms, the celestial kingdom and the spiritual kingdom; and in each kingdom there is an internal part and an external. The internal part of the celestial kingdom is inhabited by those who are governed by the good of love to the Lord, and the external part of it by those who are governed by the good of mutual love; but the internal part of the spiritual kingdom is inhabited by those who are governed by the good of charity towards the neighbour, and the external part of it by those who are governed by the good of faith, see 9680. The external part of each kingdom 1 is what is called the lowest or first heaven and was represented by the court. This explains why there were two courts around the temple, an outer and an inner, the outer court standing for those who inhabit the external parts of the spiritual kingdom and the inner court for those inhabiting the external parts of the celestial kingdom.

[4] Regarding these two courts of the temple in Jerusalem, see 1 Kings 6:3, 36; 2 Kings 21:5. Regarding the outer court of the new temple in Ezekiel, see Ezekiel 40:17, 31, 34; Ezekiel 42:1-end; and regarding the inner court there, Ezekiel 40:23, 28, 32, 44; 42:3; 43:5. From all this it is evident that the lowest heaven which was represented by the outer court of the temple is composed of the good of faith, and the lowest heaven which was represented by the inner court is composed of the good of mutual love. Those governed by the good of mutual love are governed by an affection for good for goodness' sake, whereas those governed by the good of faith are governed by an affection for truth for truth's sake. For good has dominion in the celestial kingdom, whereas truth has it in the spiritual kingdom.

[5] The fact that the lowest heaven is meant by 'the courts' is evident from places in the Word where they are mentioned, as in Ezekiel,

The glory of Jehovah rose 2 from above the cherub over the threshold of the house, and the house was filled with the cloud; and the cloud filled the inner court. 3 And the court was full of the brightness of the glory of Jehovah, and the sound of the wings of the cherubs was heard as far as the outer court. Ezekiel 10:3-5.

The court was representative of the lowest heaven, and that was why it was filled, as was the house itself, with the cloud and the brightness of the glory of Jehovah, for 'the cloud' and 'the glory' mean Divine Truth. As regards 'the cloud', that it has this meaning, see 5922, 6343 (end), 6752, 8106, 8443, and also 'the glory', 8267, 8427, 9429. 'The sound of the wings' means the truth of faith derived from good, 8764, 9514.

[6]In the same prophet,

The spirit lifted me up and led me into the inner court of the temple; and behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house. And I heard Him speaking to me from the house, saying, Son of man, [this is] the place of My throne, and the place of the soles of My feet, where I shall dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever. Ezekiel 43:4-7.

Here the temple and the court are called 'the place of Jehovah's throne, and the place of the soles of His feet' because the temple and the court represented heaven, 'Jehovah's throne' being the spiritual heaven, 5313, 8625, 'the place of the soles of His feet' the lowest heaven.

[7] The lowest heaven is also meant by 'court' and 'courts' in the following places: In David,

Blessed is [anyone] whom You choose and cause to come near; he will dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, with the holiness of Your temple. Psalms 65:4.

'Dwelling in those courts', as is self-evident, means dwelling in heaven. In the same author,

A day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I have chosen to stand at the door in the house of My God rather than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. Psalms 84:10.

In the same author,

Planted in the house of Jehovah, they will flourish in the courts of our God. Psalms 92:13.

In the same author,

Give to Jehovah the glory of His name; bring an offering, and come into His courts. Psalms 96:8.

In the same author,

Praise the name of Jehovah, praise [Him], O servants of Jehovah who are standing in the house of Jehovah, in the courts of the house of our God. Psalms 135:1-2.

In Isaiah,

They will collect the grain and new wine, they will eat [it] and praise Jehovah; and those who will have gathered it together will drink [it] in the courts of My holiness. Isaiah 62:9.

In these places 'courts' stands for the lowest heavens; for the more internal heavens are called Jehovah's house and His temple, 3720.

[8] In John,

The angel said, Rise and measure the temple and the altar, and those who worship in it. But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations, 4 who will trample the holy city for forty-two months. Revelation 11:1-2.

'The temple and the altar, and those who worship in it' are the Church and its worship. 'The court outside the temple' is the good of mutual love, as stated above. 'The nations to whom the holy city has been given to trample' are the evils of self-love and love of the world, which destroy the Church, 6306. 'Forty-two months' is similar in meaning to six weeks, and 'six weeks' is similar in meaning to six days of a week; for six multiplied by seven makes forty-two. A week means a whole period, long or short, 2044, 3845; the six days which come before the seventh or sabbath mean a former Church through to its end, and the establishment of a new Church. For 'the sabbath' means goodness and truth joined together, and so means the Church, 8495, 8510, 8890, 8893, 9274.

Voetnoten:

1. The word used in the printed edition of the Latin means heaven but that in Swedenborg's rough draft means kingdom.

2. literally, lifted itself up

3. The final words of verse 3 are misplaced here, within verse 4.

4. or the gentiles

  
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Exodus 27:9-19

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9 "You shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side:

10 and its pillars shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

11 Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

12 For the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

13 The breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.

14 The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

15 For the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

16 For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.

17 All the pillars of the court around shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.

18 The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

19 All the instruments of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

      

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