De Bijbel

 

Izlazak 28

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1 A ti uzmi k sebi Arona, brata svog sa sinovima njegovim između sinova Izrailjevih da mi budu sveštenici, Aron i Nadav i Avijud i Eleazar i Itamar, sinovi Aronovi.

2 I načini svete haljine Aronu, bratu svom, za čast i diku.

3 I kaži svim ljudima veštim, koje sam napunio duha mudrosti, neka načine haljine Aronu, da se posveti da mi bude sveštenik.

4 A ovo su haljine što će načiniti: naprsnik i oplećak i plašt, košulja vezena, kapa i pojas. Te haljine svete neka naprave Aronu, bratu tvom i sinovima njegovim, da mi budu sveštenici,

5 I neka uzmu zlata i porfire i skerleta i crvca i tankog platna;

6 I neka načine oplećak od zlata i od porfire i od skerleta i od crvca i od tankog platna uzvedenog, vezen.

7 Dve poramenice neka budu na njemu, koje će se sastavljati na dva kraja, da se drži zajedno.

8 A pojas na njemu neka bude naprave iste kao i on, od zlata, od porfire, od skerleta, od crvca i od tankog platna uzvedenog.

9 I uzmi dva kamena oniha, i na njima izreži imena sinova Izrailjevih,

10 Šest imena njihovih na jednom kamenu, a Šest imena ostalih na drugom kamenu po redu kako se koji rodio.

11 Veštinom kamenarskom, kojom se režu pečati, izrezaćeš na ta dva kamena imena sinova Izrailjevih, i optoči ih zlatom unaokolo.

12 I metni ta dva kamena na poramenice oplećku, da budu kameni za spomen sinovima Izrailjevim, i Aron da nosi imena njihova pred Gospodom na oba ramena svoja za spomen.

13 I načini kopče od zlata.

14 I dva lanca od čistog zlata načini jednaka pletena, i obesi lance pletene o kopče.

15 I naprsnik sudski načini naprave vezene onakve kao oplećak, od zlata, od porfire, od skerleta, od crvca i od tankog platna uzvedenog načini ga.

16 Neka bude četvorouglast i dvostruk, u dužinu s pedi i u širinu s pedi.

17 I udari po njemu drago kamenje, u četiri reda neka bude kamenje. U prvom redu: sardoniks, topaz i smaragd;

18 A u drugom redu: karbunkul, safir i dijamant;

19 A u trećem redu; ligur i ahat i ametist;

20 A u četvrtom redu: hrisolit, onih i jaspis; neka budu ukovani u zlato u svom redu.

21 I tih kamena s imenima sinova Izrailjevih biće dvanaest po imenima njihovim, da budu rezani kao pečat, svaki sa svojim imenom, za dvanaest plemena.

22 I na naprsnik metni lance jednake, pletene, od čistog zlata.

23 I dve grivne zlatne načini na naprsnik, i metni dve grivne na dva kraja naprsniku.

24 Pa provuci dva lanca zlatna kroz dve grivne na krajevima naprsniku.

25 A druga dva kraja od dva lanca zapni za dve kopče, i metni na poramenice od oplećka spred.

26 I načini druge dve grivne zlatne, i metni ih na druga dva kraja naprsniku iznutra na strani koja je od oplećka.

27 I načini još dve zlatne grivne, i metni ih na poramenice od oplećka ozdo prema sastavcima njegovim, više pojasa na oplećku.

28 Tako neka vežu naprsnik grivne njegove za grivne na oplećku vrpcom od porfire, da stoji nad pojasom od oplećka, i da se ne odvaja naprsnik od oplećka.

29 I neka nosi Aron imena sinova Izrailjevih na naprsniku sudskom na srcu svom kad ulazi u svetinju za spomen pred Gospodom vazda.

30 I metni na naprsnik sudski Urim i Tumim, da bude na srcu Aronu kad ulazi pred Gospoda, i Aron će nositi sud sinova Izrailjevih na srcu svom pred Gospodom vazda.

31 I načini plašt pod oplećak sav od porfire.

32 I ozgo neka bude prorez u sredi, i neka bude optočen prorez svuda unaokolo trakom tkan, kao prorez u oklopa, da se ne razdre.

33 A po skutu mu načini šipke od porfire i od skerleta i od crvca svuda unaokolo, i među njima zlatna zvonca svuda unaokolo:

34 Zvonce zlatno pa šipak, zvonce zlatno pa šipak po skutu od plašta svuda unaokolo.

35 I to će biti na Aronu kad služi, da se čuje glas kad ulazi u svetinju pred Gospoda i kad izlazi, da ne pogine.

36 I načini ploču od čistog zlata, i na njoj izreži kao na pečatu: Svetinja Gospodu.

37 I veži je vrpcom od porfire za kapu, spred na kapi da stoji.

38 I biće na čelu Aronovom, da nosi Aron grehe svetih prinosa koje prinesu sinovi Izrailjevi u svim darovima svojih svetih prinosa; biće na čelu njegovom vazda, da bi bili mili Gospodu.

39 I načini košulju od tankog platna izmetanog, i načini kapu od tankog platna, a pojas načini vezen.

40 I sinovima Aronovim načini košulje, i načini im pojase, i kapice im načini za čast i diku.

41 Pa to obuci Aronu bratu svom i sinovima njegovim, i pomaži ih i napuni im ruke i posveti ih da mi budu sveštenici.

42 I načini im gaće lanene, da se pokrije golo telo; od bedara do dna stegna da budu.

43 I to neka je na Aronu i na sinovima njegovim kad ulaze u šator od sastanka ili kad pristupaju k oltaru da služe u svetinji, da ne bi noseći grehe poginuli. Ovo će biti uredba večna njemu i semenu njegovom nakon njega.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9921

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9921. 'And bells of gold' means all aspects of religious teachings and of worship springing from good which come across to those who belong to the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'bells' as all aspects of religious teachings and worship which come across to those who belong to the Church, dealt with below. Springing from good is meant by the bells' being made from gold; for 'gold' means good, 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, 6914, 6917, 8932, 9490, 9510, 9874, 9881, 9884. The reason why all aspects of religious teachings and of worship which come across to those who belong to the Church are meant by 'bells' is that by means of those bells the people heard and recognized the presence of Aaron engaged in his ministry; for those who belong to the Church are meant by 'the people', and all aspects of religious teachings and of worship by 'Aaron's ministry'. Therefore it says in what follows, And they shall be on Aaron when he ministers, and his voice will be heard when he goes into the holy place before Jehovah, and when he comes out. From all this it is evident what is meant by 'bells'. The reason why those bells were placed on the hem was that the holiness which religious teachings possess resides on the most external levels, and on these levels and from these levels the hearing and understanding of them takes place, see 9824, 9905.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #5658

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5658. 'Our silver in its full weight' means truths commensurate with each one's state. This is clear from the meaning of 'silver' as truth, dealt with in 1551, 2954; and from the meaning of 'weight' as the state of something as regards good, dealt with in 3104, so that truths commensurate with each one's state means commensurate with the good they are able to receive. Many places in the Word make reference to weights or to measures, but no weight nor any measure is meant in the internal sense. Rather states so far as the good involved in some reality is concerned are meant by 'weights', while states so far as the truth involved in it is concerned are meant by 'measures'. The same applies to the properties of gravity and spatial magnitude; gravity in the natural world corresponds to good in the spiritual world, and spatial magnitude to truth. The reason for this is that in heaven, where correspondences originate, neither the property of gravity nor that of spatial magnitude exists because space has no existence there. Objects possessing these properties do, it is true, seem to exist among spirits, but those objects are appearances that have their origins in the states of goodness and truth in the heaven above those spirits.

[2] It was very well known in ancient times that 'silver' meant truth; therefore the ancients divided up periods of time ranging from the earliest to the latest world epochs into the golden ages, the silver ones, the copper ones, and the iron ones, to which they also added the clay ones. They applied the expression 'golden ages' to those periods when innocence and perfection existed, when everyone was moved by good to do what was good and by righteousness to do what was right. They used 'silver ages' however to describe those times when innocence did not exist any longer, though there was still some sort of perfection, which did not consist in being moved by good to do what was good but in being moved by truth to do what was true. 'Copper ages' and 'iron ages' were the names they gave to the times that were even more inferior than the silver ones.

[3] What led those people to give periods of time these names was not comparison but correspondence. For the ancients knew that 'silver' corresponded to truth and 'gold' to good; they knew this from being in communication with spirits and angels. For when a discussion takes place in a higher heaven about what is good, this reveals itself among those underneath them in the first or lowest heaven as what is golden; and when a discussion takes place about what is true this reveals itself there as what is silvery. Sometimes not only the walls of the rooms where they live are gleaming with gold and silver but also the very air within them. Also, in the homes of those angels belonging to the first or lowest heaven who are moved by good to live among what is good, tables made of gold, lampstands made of gold, and many other objects are seen; but in the homes of those who are moved by truth to live among what is true, similar objects made of silver are seen. But who at the present day knows that correspondence was what led the ancients to call ages golden ones and silver ones? Indeed who at the present day knows anything at all about correspondence? Anyone who does not know this about the ancients, and more so anyone who thinks pleasure and wisdom lie in contesting whether such an idea is true or untrue, cannot begin to know the countless facets there are to correspondence.

  
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