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Exodus 39

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1 Af det violette og røde Purpurgarn og det karmoisinrøde Garn tilvirkede de Pragtklæderne til Tjenesten i Helligdommen; og de tilvirkede Arons hellige Klæder, således som HE EN havde pålagt Moses.

2 De tilvirkede Efoden af Guldtråd, violet og rødt Purpurgarn, karmoisinrødt Garn og tvundet Byssus,

3 idet de udhamrede Guldet i Plader og skar Pladerne ud i Tråde til at væve ind i det violette og røde Purpurgarn, det karmoisinrøde Garn og det tvundne Byssus ved Kunstvævning.

4 Derpå forsynede de den med Skulderstykker til at hæfte på; den blev hæftet sammen ved begge Hjørner.

5 Og dens Bælte, som brugtes, når den skulde tages på, var i eet med den og af samme Arbejde, af Guldtråd, violet og rødt Purpurgarn, karmoisinrødt Garn og tvundet Byssus, således som HE EN havde pålagt Moses.

6 Derpå tilvirkede de Sjohamstenene, indfattede i Guldfletværk og graverede som Signeter med Israels Sønners Navne;

7 og de fæstede dem på Efodens Skulderstykker, for at Stenene kunde bringe Israels Børn i Minde, således som HE EN havde pålagt Moses.

8 Derpå tilvirkede de Brystskjoldet i Kunstvævning på samme Måde som Efoden, af Guldtråd, violet og rødt Purpurgarn, karmoisinrødt Garn og tvundet Byssus;

9 det var firkantet, og de lagde Brystskjoldet dobbelt; det var et Spand langt og et Spand bredt, lagt dobbelt.

10 De udstyrede det med fire ækker Sten: Karneol, Topas og Smaragd i den første ække,

11 ubin, Safir og Jaspis i den anden,

12 Hyacint, Agat og Ametyst i den tredje,

13 Krysolit, Sjoham og Onyks i den fjerde, omgivne med Guldfletværk i deres Indfatninger.

14 Der var tolv Sten, svarende til Israels Sønners Navne, en for hvert Navn; det var graveret Arbejde som Signeter, således at hver Sten bar Navnet på en af de tolv Stammer.

15 Til Brystskjoldet lavede de snoede Kæder af purt Guld, snoet Arbejde, som når man snor eb.

16 Derpå lavede de to Guldfletværker og to Guldringe og satte disse to inge på Brystskjoldets øverste Hjørner,

17 og de to Guldsnore knyttede de i de to inge på Brystskjoldets Hjørner;

18 Snorenes anden Ende anbragte de i de to Fletværker og fæstede dem på Forsiden af Efodens Skulderstykker.

19 Og d lavede to andre Guldringe og satte dem på Brystskjoldets to andre Hjørner på den indre and, der vendte mod Efoden.

20 Og de lavede endnu to Guldringe og fæstede dem på Efodens to Skulderstykker forneden på Forsiden, hvor den var hæftet sammen med Skulderstykkerne, oven over Efodens Bælte;

21 og de bandt med ingene Brystskjoldet fast til Efodens inge ved Hjælp af en violet Purpursnor, så at det kom til at sidde oven over Efodens Bælte og ikke kunde løsne sig fra Efoden, som HE EN havde pålagt Moses.

22 Derpå tilvirkede de Kåben, som hører til Efoden, i vævet Arbejde, helt og holdent af violet Purpur.

23 Midt på havde Kåben en Halsåbning ligesom Halsåbningen på en Panserskjorte, omgivet af en Linning, for at den ikke skulde rives itu,

24 og langs Kåbens nederste Kant syede de Granatæbler af violet og rødt Purpurgarn, karmoisinrødt Garn og tvundet Byssus,

25 og de lavede Bjælder af purt Guld, som de anbragte mellem Granatæblerne langs Kåbens nederste Kant hele Vejen rundt, mellem Granatæblerne,

26 så at Bjælder og Granatæbler skiftede hele Vejen rundt langs Kåbens nederste Kant, til at bære ved Tjenesten, som HE EN havde pålagt Moses.

27 Derpå tilvirkede de Kjortlerne til Aron og hans Sønner af Byssus i vævet Arbejde,

28 Hovedklædet af Byssus, Embedshuerne af Byssus, Linnedbenklæderne af tvundet Byssus,

29 og Bæltet af tvundet Byssus, violet og rødt Purpurgarn og karmoisinrødt Garn i broget Vævning, som HE EN havde pålagt Moses.

30 Derpå lavede de Pandepladen, det hellige Diadem, af purt Guld og forsynede den med en Indskrift i graveret Arbejde som ved Signeter: "Helliget HE EN."

31 Og de fæstede en violet Purpursnor på den til at binde den fast med oven på Hovedklædet, som HE EN havde pålagt Moses.

32 Således fuldførtes alt Arbejdet ved Åbenbaringsteltets Bolig; og Israeliterne gjorde ganske som HE EN havde pålagt Moses; således gjorde de.

33 Derpå bragte de Boligen til Moses, Teltdækket med alt dets Tilbehør, Knagerne, Brædderne, Tværstængerne, Pillerne og Fodstykkerne,

34 Dækket af rødfarvede Væderskind og Dækket af Tahasjskind, det indre Forhæng,

35 Vidnesbyrdets Ark med Bærestængerne, Sonedækket,

36 Bordet med alt dets Tilbehør, Skuebrødene,

37 Lysestagen af purt Guld med Lamperne, der skulde sættes på den, og alt dens Tilbehør, Olien til Lysestagen,

38 Guldalteret, Salveolien, den vellugtende øgelse, Forhænget til Teltets Indgang,

39 Kobberalteret med Kobbergitteret, Bærestængerne og alt dets Tilbehør, Vandkummen og Fodstykket,

40 Omhængene til Forgården, Pillerne og Fodstykkerne, Forhænget til Forgårdens Indgang, ebene og Teltpælene, alt Tilbehør til Tjenesten i Åbenbaringsteltets Bolig,

41 Pragtklæderne til Tjenesten i Helligdommen, de hellige Klæder til Præsten Aron og hans Sønners Klæder til Præstetjenesten.

42 Nøjagtigt som HE EN havde pålagt Moses, udførte Israeliterne hele Arbejdet.

43 Da så Moses hele Arbejdet efter, og se, de havde udført det, som HE EN havde sagt; således havde de utdført det. Og Moses velsignede dem.

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 9832

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9832. 'And they shall take the gold' means the good reigning universally. This is clear from the meaning of 'gold' as the good of love, dealt with in 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, 6914, 6917, 9490, 9510. Its reigning universally is meant by the fact that the gold was interwoven everywhere in the ephod, as is clear from what is stated later on in this book,

They beat out 1 the plates of gold and cut them up into threads, to work in among the violet, and in among the purple, and in among the twice-dyed scarlet, and in among the fine linen. Exodus 39:3.

'Reigning universally' describes that which is dominant and so is present in each individual part, see 5949, 6159, 7648, 8067, 8853-8858, 8865. The reason why the gold was interwoven everywhere was that Aaron's garments represented the spiritual heaven, 9814, and in that heaven good holds sway, as it also does in the remaining heavens. In the inmost heaven it is the good of love to the Lord, in the middle one the good of charity towards the neighbour, and in the lowest the good of faith. The truth however which belongs to faith leads the way to good, and afterwards is brought forth from it. From this it is evident that a person is not in heaven until good is present within him. If merely the knowledge of truths, called the truths of faith, is present in a person he does no more than stand in front of the door; or if, knowing those truths, he is looking towards good he goes through into the porch. But if, in knowing those truths, he is not looking towards good he cannot see heaven, not even from a long way off. The reason for saying that a person is not in heaven until good is present within him is that a person must have heaven within him while in the world if he is to enter it after death. For heaven exists within people; and it is granted in mercy to those who during their life in the world allow themselves to be led by means of the truths of faith into charity towards the neighbour and into love to the Lord, that is, into good. People are not in heaven until they have come into that state in which the Lord leads them by means of good, see 8516, 8539, 8722, 8772, 9139. By good is meant the good of life; and the good of life consists in the performance of what is good because there is a will for what is good, and a will for what is good springs from love; for what a person loves, he wills.

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6917. 'Vessels of silver' means factual knowledge of what is true, 'and vessels of gold' means factual knowledge of what is good. This is clear from the meaning of 'vessels' as known facts, dealt with in 3068, 3079 (known facts are called 'vessels' because they are general and can contain within them countless truths and manifold forms of good); from the meaning of 'silver' as truth, and of 'gold' as good, dealt with in 1551, 1552, 2954, 5658, 'the silver of Egypt' being factual knowledge that held truth in it and was appropriate, see 6112. As regards the vessels of silver and the vessels of gold in the hands of the Egyptians - that they mean factual knowledge of what is true and factual knowledge of what is good, even though here and in what has gone before, as well as in what follows, false factual knowledge is meant by 'the Egyptians - it should be recognized that in themselves known facts are neither true nor false. Rather, they become true in the hands of those who are guided by truths, and false in the hands of those who are steeped in falsities. What use they are put to and then made to serve is what determines which of these they become. The facts a person knows are like the wealth and riches he possesses. Wealth and riches in the hands of those governed by evil are ruinous because they put them to evil kinds of use, whereas wealth and riches in the hands of those governed by good are advantageous because they put them to good kinds of use. Therefore if wealth and riches in the hands of evil people are handed over to those who are good they become good. So too with factual knowledge.

[2] Among the Egyptians, for example, there remained a large number of the representatives that belonged to the Ancient Church, as is clear from their hieroglyphics. But because they applied them to magical practices and therefore made them serve an evil use, these things were for them not true factual knowledge but false. Yet in the Ancient Church the same knowledge had held what was true since people had put it to its correct use - to Divine worship. Take sacrifices on altars as another example. Among the Hebrew nation, and subsequently among the Jewish and Israelite nation, they were ritual acts that were true because they were put to use in the worship of Jehovah. But among the nations in the land of Canaan they were false ritual acts because they were put to use in the worship of their idols. This was why the command was also given to destroy those nations' altars wherever they were. The same holds true with a very large number of other things. For this reason many known facts can be learned from those who are steeped in evils and falsities, and put to good kinds of use, thus becoming good. Similar things were also meant by plundering the nations in the land of Canaan - by the wealth, large cattle, small cattle, houses, and vineyards which the children of Israel plundered there. The same thing is still further evident from the gold and silver plundered from the nations. This too was devoted to a sacred use, as is clear from the second Book of Samuel,

There were in his hand vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of bronze. King David consecrated these also to Jehovah, along with the silver and gold that he had consecrated from all the nations which he had subdued - from the Syrians, [and] from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek, and from the plunder of Hadad Ezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah. 2 Samuel 8:10-12.

And in Isaiah,

At length the merchandise of Tyre and her harlot's wages will be holy to Jehovah, they will not be hoarded or held back; but her merchandise will be for those that dwell before Jehovah to eat to their satiety and for one covering himself with what is ancient. Isaiah 23:18.

And also the objects which the women of the children of Israel asked of the Egyptians, thereby plundering them, were later on put to use in the making of the Ark, and to many other sacred objects in their worship.

  
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