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1 Ja Tabernaklin pitää sinun tekemän kymmenestä vaatteesta: kalliista kerratuista liinalangoista, sinisistä, purpuraisista, ja tulipunaisista villoista. Gerubimin sinun pitää tekemän taitavasti sen päälle.

2 Kunkin vaatten pituus pitää oleman kahdeksan kyynärää kolmattakymmentä, ja leveys pitää oleman neljä kyynärää: ja niillä kaikilla vaatteilla pitää yksi mitta oleman.

3 Viisi vaatetta pitää yhdistettämän toinen toiseensa, ja taas viisi yhdistettämän toinen toiseensa.

4 Sinun pitää myös tekemän silmukset sinisistä villoista ensimäisen vaatteen reunaan, äärimäiset kulmat yhteen sidottaa: ja niin sinun pitää tekemän äärimäisen vaatteen reunaan, sen kulmat yhteenpantaa toistamiseen.

5 Sinun pitää tekemän viisikymmentä silmusta ensimäiseen vaatteesen, niin myös viisikymmentä silmusta äärelle vaatetta, joka toisessa yhdistyksessä on; ja silmukset pitää oleman toinen toisensa kohdalla.

6 Ja sinun pitää tekemän viisikymmentä kultaista koukkua, ja ne vaatteet yhdistämän toinen toiseensa niillä koukuilla, niin että se tulis yhdeksi Tabernakliksi.

7 Ja sinun pitää tekemän yksitoistakymmentä vaatetta vuohen karvoista, peitteeksi Tabernaklin päälle.

8 Jokaisen vaatteen pituuden pitää oleman kolmekymmentä kyynärää, ja leveyden neljä kyynärää, ja leveyden neljä kyynärää. Ja kaikki yksitoistakymmentä pitää oleman yhdensuuruiset.

9 Viisi vaatetta pitää sinun toinen toiseensa yhdistämän erinänsä, ja myös kuusi vaatetta erinänsä; niin ettäs teet sen kuudennen vaatteen kaksikertaiseksi etiseltä puolen Tabernaklia.

10 Ja sinun pitää tekemän viisikymmentä silmusta ensimäisen vaatteen reunaan, äärelle, josta se yhdistetään ja myös viisikymmentä silmusta siihen vaatteen reunaan, josta se toinen kerta yhdistetään.

11 Niin myös pitää sinun tekemän viisikymmentä vaskikoukkua, ja paneman koukut silmuksiin ja yhdistämän majan, että se olis yksi maja.

12 Vaan se liika joka ylitse jää Tabernaklin vaatteesta: nimittäin puolen siitä liiaksi jääneestä vaatteesta, pitää sinun antaman riippua ylitse Tabernaklin, perän puolella.

13 Ja yksi kyynärä pitää oleman yhdellä ja yksi kyynärä toisella puolen, sen ylitse jääneen majan vaatteen pituudesta: sen pitää riippuman Tabernaklin sivuilla siellä ja täällä, sitä peittämässä.

14 Mutta tämän ensimäisen peitteen päälle sinun pitää tekemän toisen peitteen punaisista oinaan nahoista, ja vielä sitten ylimmäisen peitteen tekasjim-nahoista.

15 Sinun pitää myös tekemän Tabernaklin laudat sittimipuusta, pystyällä olemaan.

16 Jokaisen laudan pituus pitää oleman kymmenen kyynärää, vaan leveys puolitoista kyynärää.

17 Kaksi vaarnaa pitää jokaisessa laudassa oleman, niin että he taittaisiin yhdistettää toinen toiseensa. Näin pitää sinun tekemän kaikki Tabernaklin laudat.

18 Ja sinun pitää tekemän Tabernaklin laudat, niin että kaksikymmentä lautaa pitää oleman etelän puolella.

19 Ja neljäkymmentä hopiajalkaa pitää sinun tekemän kahdenkymmenen laudan alle, niin että jokaisen laudan alla pitää oleman kaksi jalkaa, kahden vaarnansa päällä.

20 Niin myös majan toisella sivulla pohjan puolella pitää oleman kaksikymmentä lautaa.

21 Ja neljäkymmentä hopiajalkaa: aina kaksi jalkaa kunkin laudan alla.

22 Mutta perällä Tabernaklia länteen päin pitää sinun tekemän kuusi lautaa.

23 Ja kaksi lautaa pitää sinun tekemän Tabernaklin perälle, niihin kahteen kulmaan.

24 Niin että kumpikin niistä taittaisiin yhdistettää silmuksella sekä alhaalta että ylhäältä: yhdellä tavalla pitää he molemmista kulmista yhdistettämän kulmakiskoilla,

25 Niin että yhteen olis kahdeksan lautaa, ja heidän hopiajalkansa kuusitoistakymmentä: aina kaksi jalkaa kunkin laudan alla.

26 Sinun pitää myös tekemän korennot sittimipuusta: viisi niihin lautoihin, jotka yhdellä Tabernaklin sivulla ovat;

27 Ja viisi korentoa niihin lautoihin, kuin toisella Tabernaklin sivulla ovat: ja viisi korentoa myös niihin lautoihin, jotka perällä Tabernaklia ovat, länteen päin.

28 Ja keskimäinen korento pitää keskeltä lautoja käymän yhdestä kulmasta niin toiseen.

29 Ja sinun pitää laudat kullalla silaaman, ja kullasta renkaat niihin tekemän, joihinka korennot pistetään, ja sinun pitää myös korennot kullalla silaaman.

30 Ja niin pitää sinun Tabernaklin pystyälle paneman, sen muodon jälkeen, kuin sinä näit vuorella.

31 Esiripun pitää myös sinun tekemän sinisistä, purpuraisista ja tulipunaisista villoista, niin myös kalliista kerratuista liinalangoista, ja tekemään Kerubimit sen päälle taitavasti.

32 Ja sinun pitää ripustaman sen neljän sittimipuisen, kullalla silatun patsaan päälle, ja niiden kultaiset koukut, neljän hopiajalan päälle.

33 Ja sinun pitää ripustaman esiripun koukuille, ja paneman todistusarkin sisälliselle puolen esirippua, niin että esirippu olis teille erotus pyhän ja kaikkein pyhimmän vaiheella.

34 Armo-istuimen pitää sinun myös paneman todistusarkin päälle, kaikkein pyhimpään.

35 Ja paneman pöydän ulkoiselle puolen esirippua, ja kynttiläjalan pöydän kohdalle, päivän puolelle Tabernaklia, niin että pöytä seisoo pohjaan päin.

36 Ja sinun pitää tekemän peittovaatteen Tabernaklin oveen, sinisistä, purpuraisista ja tulipunaisista villoista, niin myös kalliista kerratusta liinalangasta, taitavasti ommellun.

37 Tätä peittovaatetta varten pitää sinun tekemän viisi patsasta sittimipuusta ja ne kullalla silaaman, ja koukut pitää oleman kullasta: ja sinun pitää valaman niille viisi vaskista jalkaa.

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 9509

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9509. 'And you shall make two cherubs' means that there is no admission or access to the Lord except through the good of love. This is clear from the meaning of 'cherubs' as watchfulness and providence, guarding against access to the Lord except through the good of love. Since this was meant by the cherubs, they were placed over the mercy-seat that was over the ark; and they were for the same reason made from solid gold. For 'the ark' means heaven where the Lord is, 9485, and 'gold' means the good of love, 9490. The reason why there is no access to the Lord except through the good of love is that love is spiritual togetherness, and all good belongs to love. Those therefore who are governed by the good of love to the Lord are brought to Him in heaven, because they have been joined together with Him. So too are those who are governed by the good of love towards the neighbour; for the neighbour is the good of a fellow-citizen, the good of one's country, the good of the Church, the good of the whole of the Lord's kingdom, and in the highest sense the Lord Himself since He is the source of that good present with a person.

[2] There are two states that a person passes through while being regenerated, one of which follows the other. The first is a state during which he is led by means of the truths of faith to the good of love; the other is one in which he is governed by the good of love, and when governed by it he is in heaven with the Lord. From this it is evident that this good is heaven itself present with the person, that good being the Lord present with him because its source is the Lord. Regarding these two states that a person who is being regenerated passes through, one of which follows the other, see 7923, 7992, 8505, 8506, 8510, 8512, 8516, 8643, 8648, 8658, 8685, 8690, 8701, 9224, 9227, 9230, 9274; and the fact that a person comes into heaven when governed by good, that is, when led by the Lord by means of good, 8516, 8539, 8722, 8772, 9139.

[3] It is clear from places in the Word where 'cherubs' are mentioned that they mean watchfulness and providence, guarding against access to the Lord or to heaven except through the good of love, that is, except by those governed by the good of love, and also guarding against any harm being done to the good from the Lord which is present in heaven and with a person, as for instance in Genesis,

And He expelled the man, and away from the east towards the garden of Eden He caused the cherubs to dwell, and the flame of a sword turning itself this way and that to guard the way to the tree of life. Genesis 3:24.

Here it is self-evident that things which serve as guards are meant by 'the cherubs', since it says 'to guard the way to the tree of life'. 'The tree of life' is the good of love, which comes from the Lord and for that reason is the Lord; and it is guarded by the prevention of any access except through the good of love.

[4] It is thought that the Lord is accessible through the truths of faith. But there can be no access to Him, nor even to heaven, through those truths if they have been separated from the good of love. As soon as separated truths wish to enter, heaven, which is the way to the Lord, is closed. And since truth cannot enter by itself unless it has good within it, and by virtue of this has come to consist of good, neither can understanding do so, still less factual knowledge, if separated from good desired by the will.

[5] Because watchfulness and providence guarding against access to the Lord, or for that reason to heaven, except through the good of love is meant by 'the cherubs', the Word says that Jehovah is seated on the cherubs, also rides and dwells upon the cherubs, as in David,

Turn Your ears, O Shepherd of Israel; You who are seated upon the cherubs, shine forth. Psalms 80:1.

In the same author,

Jehovah will reign, the peoples will be shaken. He is seated on the cherubs. Psalms 99:1.

In the same author,

Jehovah rode on a cherub, and flew. Psalms 18:10.

And in Isaiah,

Jehovah Zebaoth is dwelling on the cherubs. Isaiah 37:16.

For the same reasons there were cherubs upon the curtains of the dwelling-place, and upon the veil, Exodus 26:1, 31; 36:35; they were also upon the walls of the temple round about and upon the doors there, 1 Kings 6:23-29, 31-35, and similarly in the new temple, as described in Ezekiel 41:18-20. The presence of the cherubs on the curtains of the dwelling-place, on the veil, on the walls of the temple, and on the doors there, was a sign of the Lord's watchfulness, guarding against access to Divine Holiness except through the good of love; and the presence of the cherubs over the ark was a sign that no one should gain access to the Lord Himself except through that good. This also explains why the cherubs were made from solid gold, and in the Jerusalem temple from olive wood; for 'gold' and 'olive oil' mean the good of love.

[6] That watchfulness and providence of the Lord is described in Ezekiel by 'the four living creatures', each of which had four faces, under the throne where the Lord was, Ezekiel 1:1-end; 10:1-end, and also in John by 'four living creatures' around the throne where the Lord was, 10:Revelation 4:6-10; 5:6, 8-9, 14. By 'the four living creatures' is meant the good, varying in appearance, which emanates from the Lord, and which watches and guards against the letting in of anything other than the good of love to the Lord and the good of love towards the neighbour. By 'the throne' on which the Lord was seated heaven is meant, 5313.

  
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6377. 'He washes his clothing in wine' means that His Natural consists in Divine Truth from His Divine Good. This is clear from the meaning of 'washing' as purifying, dealt with in 3147; from the meaning of 'wine' as the good of love towards the neighbour and the good of faith, and in the highest sense as Divine Truth from the Lord's Divine Good, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'clothing' as the exterior which covers the interior, dealt with in 5248, thus the natural since this is exterior and covers the rational, which is interior. Therefore 'clothing' also means truth since this is exterior and covers good, which is interior, 2576, 4545, 4763, 5319, 5954.

[2] The fact that 'wine' means love towards the neighbour and the good of faith may be recognized from what has been shown regarding the bread and wine in the Holy Supper, in 2165, 2177, 3464, 4581, 5915. These paragraphs show that 'bread' is the good of celestial love, and that 'wine' is the good of spiritual love. The same may also be recognized from the minchah and the drink-offering in sacrifices. The minchah in them meant the good of love, and the drink-offering the good of faith. The minchah consisted of the kinds of things that meant the good of love, while the drink-offering consisted of wine that meant the good of faith. The sacrifices themselves were also called 'bread', 2165. For the use in sacrifices of a drink-offering consisting of wine, see Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 23:12-13, 18-19; Numbers 15:2-15; 28:6-7, 18-end; 29:1-7 and following verses.

[3] The meaning that 'wine' has of love towards the neighbour and the good of faith is also evident in Isaiah,

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! And come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Isaiah 55:1.

No one can fail to see that they did not have to buy wine and milk, but that they were to acquire what is meant by 'wine and milk', which is love towards the neighbour and faith. These gifts come from the Lord 'without money and without price'.

[4] In Hosea,

Threshing-floor and winepress will not feed them, and new wine will be deceptive to her. 1 Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat what is unclean. They will not pour libations of wine to Jehovah, their sacrifices will not be pleasing to Him. Hosea 9:1-4.

Here also in the internal sense reference is made to the good of love and the good of faith, to the demise of them. The good of love is meant by 'threshing-floor' by virtue of the grain there and the bread made from it, while the good of faith is meant by 'winepress', 'new wine', and 'libation of wine'. 'Ephraim will return to Egypt' stands for the fact that the understanding would resort to factual knowledge for advice concerning the arcana of faith; 'in Assyria they will eat what is unclean' stands for that which is the outcome of consequent false reasoning - 'Ephraim' being the area of understanding in the Church, see 5754, 6112, 6238, 6267; 'Egypt' the area of factual knowledge, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462, 5702; and 'Assyria' that of reasoning, 1186. The line of thought in this passage also shows that the words used here contain something more than what one sees in the letter. For everything hangs together in the internal sense, but not so in the external sense, for example when it says that 'threshing-floor and winepress will not feed them, and new wine will be deceptive to her', immediately followed by 'Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat what is unclean'. Moreover, without the internal sense what meaning would Ephraim's return to Egypt and their eating in Assyria what is unclean have?

[5] 'Winepress' and 'wine' are also used in Jeremiah to describe the demise of mutual love and the good of faith,

He who lays waste has fallen on your vintage, therefore joy and gladness have been plucked from Carmel, and from the land of Moab, for I have made the wine cease from the winepresses; none will tread the headed. 2 Jeremiah 48:32-33.

[6] The fact that 'wine' means the good of mutual love and of faith is also evident in John,

I heard a voice from the midst of the four living creatures, saying, Do no harm to oil and wine. Revelation 6:6.

[7] 'Oil' stands for the good of celestial love, and 'wine' for the good of spiritual love.

'Oil' and 'wine' have a similar meaning in the Lord's parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke,

A certain Samaritan was journeying, and seeing him who had been wounded by the robbers was moved with compassion for him; going therefore to him, he bandaged his wounds, and poured on oil and wine. Luke 10:33-34.

'He poured on oil and wine' means that he performed the works of love and charity, 'oil' being the good of love, see 886, 3728. A like meaning was involved in the practice of the ancients, who poured oil and wine onto a pillar when they consecrated it, Genesis 35:14, 4581, 4582.

[8] The fact that 'wine' means the good of love and faith is evident from the words the Lord used when He instituted the Holy Supper. He said then regarding the wine,

I tell you that I shall not drink from now on of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom. Matthew 26:29; Luke 22:17-18.

Anyone can see that He was not about to drink wine in that kingdom, but that the good of love and faith is meant, which He was about to impart to those who belonged to His kingdom. Much the same is meant by 'wine' in Isaiah 24:9, 11; Lamentations 2:11-12; Hosea 14:7; Amos 9:13-14; Zechariah 9:15-16; Luke 5:37-39.

[9] Since 'wine' means the good of love and faith, Divine Truth from the Lord's Divine Good is therefore meant in the highest sense, for that Truth, when it flows into a person and is accepted by him, brings him the good of love and faith.

[10] Since most things in the Word also have a contrary meaning, so too does 'wine', the contrary meaning of which is falsity from evil, as in Isaiah,

Woe to those who rise in the morning around dawn, and then follow strong drink, who continue into dusk, so that wine may inflame them! Woe to heroes at drinking wine, and to valiant men in mixing strong drink! Isaiah 5:11, 22

In the same prophet,

Also these err through wine, and go astray through strong drink. The priest and the prophet err through strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine, they go astray through strong drink. They err among the seers, they are tottery in judgement. Isaiah 28:7.

In the same prophet,

The shepherds know no understanding, they all look to their own way. Come, I will get wine, and we will be drunken from strong drink; and let there be tomorrow, as there is this day, great abundance. Isaiah 56:11-12.

In addition to these places 'wine' is used with the contrary meaning in Jeremiah 13:12; Hosea 4:11; 7:5; Amos 2:8; Micah 2:11; Psalms 75:8; Deuteronomy 32:33.

Falsity from evil is also meant by the cup of the wine of wrath in Jeremiah 25:15-16; Revelation 14:8, 10; 16:19; the winepress of the wrath of God's anger, Revelation 19:15; and the wine of whoredom, Revelation 17:2; 18:3.

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1. The Latin means them but the Hebrew means her, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse, as well as possibly here in his rough draft.

  
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