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Izlazak 24

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1 I reče Mojsiju: Izađi gore ka Gospodu ti i Aron i Nadav i Avijud i sedamdeset starešina Izrailjevih, i poklonite se izdaleka.

2 I Mojsije sam neka pristupi ka Gospodu, a oni neka ne pristupe; i narod neka ne ide na gore s njim.

3 I dođe Mojsije, i kaza narodu sve reči Gospodnje i sve zakone. I odgovori narod jednim glasom i rekoše: Činićemo sve što je rekao Gospod.

4 I napisa Mojsije sve reči Gospodnje, i ustavši rano načini oltar pod gorom i dvanaest stupova za dvanaest plemena Izrailjevih.

5 I posla mladiće između sinova Izrailjevih, koji prinesoše žrtve paljenice i prinesoše teoce na žrtve zahvalne Gospodu.

6 I uzevši Mojsije polovinu krvi, metnu u zdele, a polovinu krvi izli na oltar.

7 I uze knjigu zavetnu i pročita narodu. A oni rekoše: Šta je god rekao Gospod činićemo i slušaćemo.

8 A Mojsije uze krv, i pokropi njom narod, i reče: Evo krv zaveta, koji učini Gospod s vama za sve reči ove.

9 Potom otide gore Mojsije i Aron, Nadav i Avijud, i sedamdeset starešina Izrailjevih.

10 I videše Boga Izrailjevog, i pod nogama Njegovim kao delo od kamena safira i kao nebo kad je vedro.

11 I ne pruži ruke svoje na izabrane između sinova Izrailjevih, nego videše Boga, pa jedoše i piše.

12 I reče Gospod Mojsiju: Popni se k meni na goru, i ostani ovde, i daću ti ploče od kamena, zakon i zapovesti, koje sam napisao da ih učiš.

13 Tada usta Mojsije s Isusom, koji ga služaše, i izađe Mojsije na goru Božiju.

14 A starešinama reče: Sedite tu dok se vratimo k vama; a eto Aron i Or s vama; ko bi imao šta, neka ide k njima.

15 I otide Mojsije na goru, a oblak pokri goru.

16 I beše slava Gospodnja na gori Sinajskoj, i oblak je pokrivaše šest dana; a u sedmi dan viknu Mojsija ispred oblaka.

17 I slava Gospodnja beše po viđenju kao oganj koji sažiže na vrh gore pred sinovima Izrailjevim.

18 I Mojsije uđe usred oblaka, i pope se na goru; i osta Mojsije na gori četrdeset dana i četrdeset noći.

   

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