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Genesis 1

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1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first Day.

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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Badger's skin

  

In Numbers 4:6, 8, this signifies goods spiritual and natural. (Arcana Coelestia 296)

In Exodus 25, this signifies outward goods by which they are preserved. (Arcana Coelestia 9471)

In Exodus 26:14, this signifies a circuit from the truths which are from outward good. (Arcana Coelestia 9632)

In Ezekiel 16:10, this signifies to instruct in knowledges of good from the letter of the Word. (Apocalypse Explained 375[27])

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Arcana Coelestia #9633

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9633. Verses 15-30 And you shall make the boards for the dwelling-place from shittim wood, standing up 1 . Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of one board. There shall be two hands 2 to one board, acting in combination with each other. Thus you shall make for all the boards of the dwelling-place. And you shall make the boards for the dwelling-place, twenty boards for the south side, 3 southwards. And you shall make forty bases of silver under the twenty boards, two bases under one board for its two hands, 2 and two bases under one board 4 for its two hands. 2 And for the other side of the dwelling-place - on the north side 5 - there shall be twenty boards, and their forty bases [made] from silver, two bases under one board and two bases under one board. 4 And for the two legs 6 of the dwelling-place towards the sea 8 you shall make six boards. And you shall make two boards for the corners of the dwelling-place at the two legs. 6 And they shall be paired from below, and at the same time they shall be paired up to its head, up to one ring. Thus it shall be for them both; at the two corners they shall be. And there shall be eight boards and their bases [made] from silver - sixteen bases - two bases under one board and two bases under one board. 4 And you shall make bars from shittim wood, five for the boards of one side of the dwelling-place, and five bars for the boards of the other side of the dwelling-place, and five bars for the boards of the side of the dwelling-place at the two legs towards the sea, 7 and the middle bar in the midst of the boards that passes through from end to end. And you shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings from gold, houses for the bars; and you shall overlay the bars with gold. And you shall set up the dwelling-place according to the plan which you saw 8 on the mountain.

'And you shall make the boards for the dwelling-place' means the good supporting that heaven. 'From shittim wood' means that it is the good of merit from the Lord's Divine Human. 'Ten cubits shall be the length of a board' means that this good is the all in all. 'And a cubit and a half the breadth of one board' means the truth derived from it, a sufficient amount to effect a joining together. 'There shall be two hands to one board' means the power from it. 'Acting in combination with each other' means the consequent joining together of the Lord with those who are in that heaven. 'Thus you shall make for all the boards of the dwelling-place' means thus shall it be everywhere. 'And you shall make twenty boards for the dwelling-place' means good lending support to heaven in every respect and totally. 'The boards for the south side, southwards' means even to the more internal and the inmost parts of it, where truth dwells in light. 'And forty bases of silver' means complete support provided through truth. 'Under the twenty boards' means which proceeds from the good that comes from the Lord's Divine Human. 'Two bases under one board' means the joining of it to the good. 'For its two hands' means the power from it. 'And two bases under one board for its two hands' means thus in every single part. 'And for the other side of the dwelling-place - on the north side' means towards the more external parts of that heaven, where truth dwells in obscurity. 'There shall be twenty boards' means the good lending support in every respect and totally. 'And their forty bases [made] from silver' means complete support received through truth in the external parts as well. 'Two bases under one board' means through a joining to good. 'And two bases under one board' means everywhere. 'And for the two legs of the dwelling-place towards the sea' means a joining to heaven where good dwells in obscurity. 'You shall make six boards' means where good from the Lord's Divine Human exists in its fullness. 'And you shall make two boards for the corners of the dwelling-place at the two legs' means the essential nature of the joining to good there. 'And they shall be paired from below, and at the same time paired up to its head' means a joining together from without and from within. 'Up to one ring' means being thereby held firm. 'Thus it shall be for them both; at the two corners they shall be' means a like joining together everywhere. 'And there shall be eight boards and their bases [made] from silver' means support in every respect from good and through truth that springs from good. 'Sixteen bases' means total support. 'Two bases under one board and two bases under one board' means through the joining of truth to good everywhere. 'And you shall make bars from shittim wood' means the power of the truth springing from good. 'Five for the boards of one side of the dwelling-place' means when it looks towards the more internal parts of heaven, where truth dwells in light. 'And five bars for the boards of the other side of the dwelling-place' means the power of truth from good when it looks towards the more external parts, where truth dwells in obscurity. 'And five bars for the boards of the side of the dwelling-place at the two legs towards the sea' means the power of truth from good when it looks towards the parts of that heaven where there is a joining to the good that dwells in obscurity. 'And the middle bar in the midst of the boards that passes through from end to end' means the chief power from which the power everywhere else extends. 'And you shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings from gold, houses for the bars; and you shall overlay the bars with gold' means a representative sign of the good from which and through which everything derives its existence. 'And you shall set up the dwelling-place according to the plan which you saw on the mountain' means in the four quarters, according to the states of good and of the truth springing from it in the heaven that is represented.

Voetnoten:

1. i.e. they are vertical boards

2. i.e. tenons

3. literally, corner or angle

4. i.e. another board

5. i.e. rear parts

6. i.e. at the west end

7. i.e. the rear parts at the west end

8. literally, according to the mode which you were caused to see

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