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1 Kaj faru la altaron el akacia ligno, havantan la longon de kvin ulnoj kaj la largxon de kvin ulnoj; kvarangula estu la altaro; kaj gxia alto estu tri ulnoj.

2 Kaj faru gxiajn kornojn sur gxiaj kvar anguloj; el gxi elstaru gxiaj kornoj; kaj tegu gxin per kupro.

3 Kaj faru por gxi potojn por gxia cindro kaj sxovelilojn kaj kalikojn kaj forkojn kaj karbujojn; cxiujn gxiajn vazojn faru el kupro.

4 Kaj faru por gxi kradon en formo de kupra reto, kaj faru sur la reto kvar kuprajn ringojn sur gxiaj kvar anguloj.

5 Kaj metu gxin sub la kornicon de la altaro, malsupren, tiel, ke la reto atingu gxis la mezo de la altaro.

6 Kaj faru stangojn por la altaro, stangojn el akacia ligno, kaj tegu ilin per kupro.

7 Kaj metu gxiajn stangojn en ringojn, tiel, ke la stangoj estu cxe ambaux flankoj de la altaro, kiam oni gxin portos.

8 Interne malplena faru gxin el tabuloj; kiel estis montrite al vi sur la monto, tiel oni faru.

9 Kaj faru korton por la tabernaklo; sur la flanko suda estu kurtenoj por la korto, el tordita bisino; unu flanko havu la longon de cent ulnoj;

10 kaj gxiaj dudek kolonoj kaj iliaj dudek bazoj estu el kupro; la hokoj de la kolonoj kaj iliaj ligiloj estu el argxento.

11 Tiel same ankaux sur la norda flanko lauxlonge estu kurtenoj, havantaj la longon de cent ulnoj; kaj dudek kolonoj, kaj por ili dudek bazoj el kupro; la hokoj de la kolonoj kaj iliaj ligiloj estu el argxento.

12 Sed lauxlargxe de la korto, sur la flanko okcidenta, estu kurtenoj, havantaj la longon de kvindek ulnoj; dek kolonoj, kaj por ili dek bazoj.

13 Kaj lauxlargxe de la korto, sur la flanko orienta, estu kurtenoj, havantaj la longon de kvindek ulnoj.

14 Kaj kurtenoj, havantaj la longon de dek kvin ulnoj, estu por unu latero; ankaux tri kolonoj, kaj por ili tri bazoj.

15 Kaj por la dua latero estu kurtenoj, havantaj la longon de dek kvin ulnoj; ankaux tri kolonoj, kaj por ili tri bazoj.

16 Kaj por la pordego de la korto estu kovrotuko, havanta la longon de dudek ulnoj, el blua, purpura, kaj rugxa teksajxo, kaj el tordita bisino, kun brodajxoj; kvar kolonoj, kaj por ili kvar bazoj.

17 CXiuj kolonoj cxirkaux la korto havu ligilojn el argxento, hokojn el argxento, kaj bazojn el kupro.

18 La longo de la korto estu cent ulnoj, la largxo cxie kvindek, kaj la alto kvin ulnoj; cxio estu farita el tordita bisino, kaj la bazoj estu el kupro.

19 CXiuj vazoj de la tabernaklo, por cxiuj servoj, kaj cxiuj gxiaj najloj kaj cxiuj najloj de la korto, estu el kupro.

20 Kaj vi ordonu al la Izraelidoj, ke ili alportu al vi oleon olivan, puran, pistitan, por lumigado, por ke lucerno brulu cxiam.

21 En la tabernaklo de kunveno, ekstere de la kurteno, kiu pendas antaux la atesto, arangxadu gxin Aaron kaj liaj filoj de vespero gxis mateno antaux la Eternulo. Tio estu eterna legxo en la generacioj de la Izraelidoj.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9936

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9936. 'And it shall be on Aaron's forehead' means from the Lord's Divine Love. This is clear from the representation of 'Aaron' as the Lord in respect of Divine Good, which is the Good of His Divine Love, dealt with in 9806; and from the meaning of 'forehead', when the Lord is the subject, as His Divine Love. 'The Lord's face', which is the same as 'Jehovah's face', means all attributes of Divine Love, such as mercy, peace, goodness, or wisdom, 222, 223, 5585, 6848, 6849, 9306, 9545, 9546. These are meant by 'Jehovah's face' or 'the Lord's face' because in general 'the face' means a person's interiors, that is, a person's affections and consequent thoughts, thus the things which constitute his love and faith, see the places referred to in 9546. These are meant by 'the face' because they shine from the face, as if seen in their imprint or image, which also is why the face is called the image of the mind. So it is that when 'face' is mentioned in connection with Jehovah or the Lord the attributes of His Divine Love are meant. 'Forehead' in particular means Divine Love itself, because interiors have been allotted their own provinces in the face. The interiors that belong to love reside in the province of the forehead, those belonging to wisdom and intelligence in the province of the eyes, those belonging to perception in the province of the nose, and those belonging to utterance in the province of the mouth.

[2] From all this it is evident why 'forehead' - when the Lord, represented by Aaron, is the subject - means Divine Love. Since someone's forehead corresponds to his love those governed by celestial love, that is, by love to the Lord derived from the Lord, are said 'to have a sign on their foreheads', meaning that they are under the Lord's protection because they abide in His Love, as in Ezekiel,

Jehovah said, Go through the middle of Jerusalem and make a sign on the foreheads of the men (vir) who groan and sigh over all the abominations done in the midst of it, and strike; do not let your eye spare. But against any man (vir) on whom there is a sign do not go near. Ezekiel 9:4-6.

In John, in the Book of Revelation,

Behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father's name written on their foreheads. Revelation 14:1.

In the same book,

They will see the face of God and of the Lamb, and His name will be on their foreheads. Revelation 22:4.

In the same book,

It was declared that they should not harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only the people who did not have God's sign on their foreheads. Revelation 9:4.

[3] 'Having God's sign on their foreheads' and 'having God and the Lamb's name on them' stand for their being kept safe from molestation by evils from hell, because they abide in the Lord through love. 'The grass' and 'any green thing', which were not to be harmed, stand for true factual knowledge by means of which the truth of faith develops, 7571, 7691; and 'any tree', which too was not to be harmed, stands for the perception of truth springing from good, 103, 2163, 2722, 2972, 4552, 7692.

[4] In Moses,

You shall love Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. You shall bind these words as a sign onto your hand, and let them be as frontlets between your eyes. Deuteronomy 6:4-5, 8.

'As frontlets' stands for as a sign of love to Jehovah God. The words 'between your eyes' are used because intelligence and wisdom which are born from that love are meant by 'eyes'; and wisdom born from that love consists in having God constantly before one's eyes. This is self-evidently so because the subject is love to Jehovah God. The declaration that they should love Him with all their heart, with all their soul, and with all their strength, means that they should do so with all their human powers. 'With the heart' means with the will where the good of love resides, 7542, 9050, 9300, 9495; and 'with the soul' means with the understanding where the truth of faith resides, and so with faith, 9050. These two powers belong to the internal man. 'With all their strength' means with those powers of will and understanding as they exist in the external man. The strength and power of the love of both, of the external man and of the internal, are meant by 'hands', 4931-4937, 7518; and this is why it says that those words were to be bound 'as a sign on the hand'.

[5] Since 'the forehead' by virtue of its correspondence means celestial or heavenly love with those who are good, with those who are bad it accordingly means hellish love, which is the opposite of heavenly. The forehead of the latter is called a bronze forehead in Isaiah 48:4, and an obstinate forehead in Ezekiel 3:7-8. And in reference to those ruled by hellish love it is said that they had the mark of the beast on their foreheads, Revelation 13:16; 14:9; 20:4, and also the name of Babylon on their foreheads, Revelation 17:5.

  
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