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2 Mosebok 38

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1 Han gjorde ock brännoffersaltaret av akacieträ, fem alnar långt och fem alnar brett -- en liksidig fyrkant -- och tre alnar högt.

2 Och han gjorde hörn därtill och satte dem i dess fyra hörn; i ett stycke därmed gjordes hörnen. Och han överdrog det med koppar.

3 Och han gjorde altarets alla tillbehör, askkärlen, skovlarna, skålarna, gafflarna och fyrfaten. Alla dess tillbehör gjorde han av koppar.

4 Och han gjorde till altaret ett galler, ett nätverk av koppar, och satte det under dess avsats, nedtill, så att det räckte upp till mitten.

5 Och han göt fyra ringar och satte dem i de fyra hörnen på koppargallret, för att stängerna skulle skjutas in i dem.

6 Och han gjorde stängerna av akacieträ och överdrog dem med koppar.

7 Och han sköt stängerna in i ringarna på altarets sidor, så att man kunde bära det med dem. Ihåligt gjorde han det, av plankor.

8 Han gjorde ock bäckenet av koppar med dess fotställning av koppar och använde därtill speglar, som hade tillhört de kvinnor vilka hade tjänstgöring vid ingången till uppenbarelsetältet.

9 Han gjorde ock förgården. För den södra sidan, söderut, gjordes omhängena till förgården av tvinnat sitt garn, hundra alnar långa;

10 till dem gjordes tjugu stolpar, och till dessa tjugu fotstycken, av koppar, men stolparnas hakar och kransar gjordes av silver.

11 Likaledes gjordes de för norra sidan hundra alnar långa; till dem gjordes tjugu stolpar, och till dessa tjugu fotstycken, av koppar, men stolparnas hakar och kransar gjordes av silver.

12 Och för västra sidan gjordes omhängen som voro femtio alnar långa; till dem gjordes tio stolpar, och till dessa tio fotstycken, men stolparnas hakar och kransar gjordes av silver.

13 Och för framsidan, österut, gjordes de femtio alnar långa.

14 Omhängena gjordes femton alnar långa på ena sidan därav, med tre stolpar på tre fotstycken; likaledes gjordes omhängena på andra sidan femton alnar långa -- alltså lika på båda sidor om porten till förgården -- med tre stolpar på tre fotstycken.

15 Alla omhängena runt omkring förgården gjordes av tvinnat vitt garn;

16 och fotstyckena till stolparna gjordes av koppar, men stolparnas hakar och kransar gjordes av silver, och deras knoppar överdrogos med silver;

17 alla förgårdens stolpar försågos med kransar av silver.

18 Och förhänget för porten till förgården gjordes i brokig vävnad av mörkblått, purpurrött, rosenrött och tvinnat vitt garn, tjugu alnar långt och fem alnar högt, efter tygets bredd, i likhet med förgårdens omhängen;

19 och till det gjordes fyra stolpar på fyra fotstycken, av koppar; men deras hakar gjordes av silver, och deras knoppar överdrogos med silver, och deras kransar gjordes av silver.

20 Alla pluggarna till tabernaklet och till förgården runt omkring gjordes av koppar.

21 Följande är vad som beräknas hava åtgått till tabernaklet, vittnesbördets tabernakel, vilken beräkning gjordes efter Moses befallning genom leviternas försorg, under ledning av Itamar, prästen Arons son;

22 och Besalel, son till Uri, son till Hur, av Juda stam, förfärdigade allt vad HERREN hade bjudit Mose,

23 och till medhjälpare hade han Oholiab, Ahisamaks son, av Dans stam, en man kunnig i snideri och konstvävnad och i konsten att väva brokigt med mörkblått, purpurrött, rosenrött och vitt garn.

24 Det guld som användes till arbetet, vid förfärdigandet av hela helgedomen, det guld som hade blivit givet såsom offer, utgjorde sammanlagt tjugunio talenter och sju hundra trettio siklar, efter helgedomssikelns vikt.

25 Och det silver som gavs av dem i menigheten, vilka inmönstrades, utgjorde ett hundra talenter och ett tusen sju hundra sjuttiofem siklar, efter helgedomssikelns vikt.

26 En beka, det är en halv sikel, efter helgedomssikelns vikt, kom på var person, på var och en som upptogs bland de inmönstrade, var och en som var tjugu år gammal eller därutöver: sex hundra tre tusen fem hundra femtio personer.

27 Och de hundra talenterna silver användes till gjutningen av fotstyckena för helgedomen och av fotstyckena för förlåten, ett hundra talenter till ett hundra fotstycken, en talent till vart fotstycke.

28 Och de ett tusen sju hundra sjuttiofem siklarna användes till att göra hakar till stolparna och till att överdraga deras knoppar och göra kransar till dem.

29 Och den koppar som hade blivit given såsom offer utgjorde sjuttio talenter och två tusen fyra hundra siklar.

30 Därav gjorde man fotstyckena till uppenbarelsetältets ingång, så ock kopparaltaret med tillhörande koppargaller och altarets alla tillbehör,

31 vidare fotstyckena till förgården, runt omkring, och fotstyckena till förgårdens port, äntligen alla tabernaklets pluggar och alla förgårdens pluggar, runt omkring.

   

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2 Mosebok 27:10

Estude

       

10 Och stolparna till dem skola vara tjugu och dessas fotstycken tjugu, av koppar, men stolparnas hakar och kransar skola vara av silver.

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Apocalypse Explained # 297

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297. Verse 1. And I saw in the right hand of Him that sat upon the throne, signifies the Lord in respect to omnipotence and omniscience. This is evident from the signification of "right hand," as being, in reference to the Lord, omnipotence and also omniscience (of which presently); also from the signification of "Him that sat upon the throne," as being the Lord in respect to Divine good in heaven; for in general "throne" signifies heaven, in particular the spiritual heaven, and abstractly Divine truth proceeding, from which heaven is, and by which judgment is effected (See above, n. 253). By "Him that sat upon the throne," and also by "the Lamb," that took the book from Him that sat upon the throne, the Lord is meant, because by "Him that sat upon the throne" the Lord in respect to Divine good is meant, and by "the Lamb" the Lord in respect to Divine truth. There are two things that proceed from the Lord as the sun of heaven, namely, Divine good and Divine truth. Divine good from the Lord is called "the Father in the heavens," and is here meant by "Him that sat upon the throne;" and Divine truth from the Lord is called "the Son of man," but here "the Lamb." And because Divine good judges no one, but Divine truth judges, therefore it is here said that "the Lamb took the book from Him that sat upon the throne." That Divine good judges no one, but Divine truth judges, is meant by the Lord's words in John:

The Father doth not judge anyone, but hath given all judgment unto the Son; because He is the Son of man (John 5:22, 27).

"Father" means the Lord in respect to Divine good; "the Son of man," the Lord in respect to Divine truth. Divine good "doth not judge anyone," because it explores no one; but Divine truth judges, for it explores everyone. Yet it should be known, that neither does the Lord Himself judge anyone from the Divine truth that proceeds from Him, for this is so united to Divine good that they are one; but the man-spirit judges himself; for it is the Divine truth received by himself that judges him; but because the appearance is that the Lord judges, therefore it is said in the Word that all are judged by the Lord. This the Lord also teaches in John:

Jesus said, If any man hear My words and yet believe not, I judge him not; for I have not come to judge the world but to save the world. He that rejecteth Me and receiveth not My words hath one that judgeth him; the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day (John 12:47-48).

[2] For in respect to judgment, the case is this: The Lord is present with all, and from Divine Love He wills to save all, and He turns and leads all towards Himself. Those who are in good and in truths therefrom follow, for they apply themselves, but those who are in evil and in falsities therefrom do not follow, but turn backwards from the Lord, and to turn themselves backwards from the Lord is to turn from heaven to hell; for every man-spirit is either his own good and the truth therefrom, or his own evil and the falsity therefrom. He who is a good and the truth therefrom permits himself to be led by the Lord; but he who is an evil and the falsity therefrom does not permit himself to be led; he resists with all his strength and endeavor, for his will is toward his own love; for this love is his breath and life; therefore his desire is toward those who are in a like love of evil. From this it can be seen that the Lord does not judge anyone, but that Divine truth received judges to heaven those who have received Divine truth in the heart, that is, in love; and it judges to hell those who have not received Divine truth in the heart, and who have denied it. Thence it is clear what is meant by the Lord's saying that "all judgment is given to the Son, because He is the Son of man," and elsewhere, that "He came not to judge the world but to save the world," and that the Word which He has spoken is to judge man. "

[3] These, however, are truths that do not fall into man's self-intelligence, for they are among the arcana of the wisdom of angels. (But the matter is somewhat elucidated in the work on Heaven and Hell 545-551, under the heading, The Lord casts no one into Hell, but the Spirit casts Himself Thither.) That it is the Lord who is meant by "Him that sat upon the throne," and not another whom some distinguish from the Lord and call "God the Father," can be seen by anyone from this, that the Divine that the Lord called "Father" was no other than His own Divine; for this took on the Human; consequently it was the Father of the Human; and that this Divine is infinite, eternal, uncreate, omnipotent, God, Lord, and in no way differing from the Divine Itself that some distinguish from Him and call the Father, can be seen from the received faith called Athanasian, where it is also said:

That no one of them is greatest or least, and no one of them first or last, but they are altogether equal; and that as is one, so is the other, infinite, eternal, uncreate, omnipotent, God, Lord; and yet there are not three infinites, but one; not three eternals, but one; not three uncreates, but one; not three omnipotents, but one; not three Gods and Lords, but one.

These things have been said that it may be known that by "Him that sat upon the throne" and "the Lamb," also in what follows by "God" and "the Lamb," not two, distinct from each other, are meant; but that by the one, Divine good is meant, and by the other, Divine truth in heaven, both proceeding from the Lord. That the Lord is meant by "Him that sat upon the throne," is clear also from the particulars of chapter 4 preceding, where the throne and One sitting thereon are treated of (which may be seen explained, n. 258-295); and still further in Matthew:

When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory (Matthew 25:31; 19:28-29).

Also in Ezekiel:

Above the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim was as it were the appearance of a sapphire stone, the likeness of a throne; and upon the likeness of the throne a likeness as the appearance of a man sitting upon it (Ezekiel 1:26; 10:1).

And in Isaiah:

I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filling the temple (Isaiah 6:1).

[4] Since by "throne" heaven is signified, and by "Him that sat upon the throne" the Lord in respect to His Divine in heaven, it is said above, in chapter 3:

He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit with Me on My throne (Revelation 3:21);

signifying that he shall be in heaven where the Lord is (See above, n. 253); and therefore in what follows in this chapter it is said:

I saw, and behold in the midst of the throne a Lamb standing (Revelation 5:6);

and in chapter 22:

He showed me a river of water of life, going forth out of the throne of God and of the Lamb (Revelation 22:1).

"The throne of God and of the Lamb" means heaven and the Lord there in respect to Divine good and as to Divine truth; "God" meaning the Lord in respect to Divine good; and "the Lamb," the Lord in respect to Divine truth. A distinction is here made between the two, because there are those that receive the one more than the other. Those that receive Divine truth in good are saved; but those that receive Divine truth (which is the Word) not in good are not saved, since all Divine truth is in good and not elsewhere; consequently those that do not receive it in good reject it and deny it, if not openly yet tacitly, and if not with the mouth yet with the heart; for the heart of such is evil, and evil rejects. To receive Divine truth in good is to receive it in the good of charity; for those who are in that good receive.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.