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Exodus 39

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1 Zij maakten ook ambtsklederen, om in het heilige te dienen, van hemelsblauw, en purper, en scharlaken; ook maakten zij de heilige klederen, die voor Aaron waren, gelijk de HEERE aan Mozes geboden had.

2 Aldus maakte hij den efod, van goud, hemelsblauw, en purper, en scharlaken, en fijn getweernd linnen.

3 En zij rekten uit de dunne platen van goud, en sneden het tot draden, om te doen in het midden van het hemelsblauw, en in het midden van het purper, en in het midden van het scharlaken, en in het midden van het fijn linnen, van het allerkunstelijkste werk.

4 Zij maakten samenvoegende schouderbanden daaraan; aan deszelfs beide einden werd hij samengevoegd.

5 En de kunstelijke riem zijns efods, die daarop was, was gelijk zijn werk, van hetzelfde, van goud, van hemelsblauw, en purper, en scharlaken, en fijn getweernd linnen, gelijk als de HEERE aan Mozes bevolen had.

6 Zij bereidden ook de sardonixstenen, omvat in gouden kastjes, als zegelgravering gegraveerd, met de namen der zonen van Israel.

7 En hij zette ze op de schouderbanden des efods, tot stenen der gedachtenis voor de kinderen Israels, gelijk de HEERE aan Mozes geboden had.

8 Hij maakte ook de borstlap van het allerkunstelijkste werk, gelijk het werk des efods, van goud, hemelsblauw, en purper, en scharlaken, en fijn getweernd linnen.

9 Hij was vierkant; zij maakten den borstlap dubbel; een span was zijn lengte, en een span was zijn breedte, dubbel zijnde.

10 En zij vulden daarin vier rijen stenen: een rij van een Sardis, een Topaas en een Karbonkel; dit is de eerste rij.

11 En de tweede rij van een Smaragd, een Saffier en een Diamant.

12 En de derde rij van een Hyacinth, Agaat, en Amethyst.

13 En de vierde rij van een Turkoois, en een Sardonix, en een Jaspis; omvat in gouden kastjes in hun vullingen.

14 Deze stenen nu, met de namen der zonen van Israel, waren twaalf, met hun namen, met zegelgravering; ieder met zijn naam, naar de twaalf stammen.

15 Zij maakten ook aan den borstlap gelijk-eindigende ketentjes, van gedraaid werk, uit louter goud.

16 En zij maakten twee gouden kastjes, en twee gouden ringen; en zij zetten die twee ringen aan de beide einden des borstlaps.

17 En zij zetten de twee gedraaide gouden ketentjes aan de twee ringen, aan de einden van den borstlap.

18 Doch de twee andere einden der gedraaide ketenen zetten zij aan de twee kastjes, en zij zetten ze aan de schouderbanden des efods, recht op de voorste zijde van dien.

19 Zij maakten ook twee gouden ringen, die zij aan de twee andere einden des borstlaps zetten, inwendig aan zijn boord, die aan de zijde des efods is.

20 Nog maakten zij twee gouden ringen, die zij zetten aan de twee schouderbanden van den efod, beneden, aan deszelfs voorste zijde, tegenover zijn andere voege, boven den kunstelijke riem des efods.

21 En zij bonden den borstlap met zijn ringen aan de ringen van den efod, met een hemelsblauw snoer, dat hij op den kunstelijke riem van den efod was; opdat de borstlap van den efod niet afgescheiden wierd, gelijk als de HEERE aan Mozes geboden had.

22 En hij maakte den mantel des efods van geweven werk, geheel van hemelsblauw.

23 En het gat des mantels was in deszelfs midden, als het gat eens pantsiers; dit gat had een boord rondom, dat het niet gescheurd wierd.

24 En aan de zomen des mantels maakten zij granaatappelen van hemelsblauw, en purper, en scharlaken, getweernd.

25 Zij maakten ook schelletjes van louter goud, en zij stelden de schelletjes tussen de granaatappelen, aan de zomen des mantels rondom, tussen de granaatappelen;

26 Dat er een schelletje, daarna een granaatappel was; wederom een schelletje, en een granaatappel; aan de zomen des mantels rondom; om te dienen, gelijk als de HEERE aan Mozes geboden had.

27 Zij maakten ook de rokken van fijn linnen, van geweven werk, voor Aaron en voor zijn zonen;

28 En den hoed van fijn linnen, en de sierlijke mutsen van fijn linnen, en de linnen onderbroeken van fijn getweernd linnen;

29 En den gordel van fijn getweernd linnen, en van hemelsblauw, en purper, en scharlaken, van geborduurd werk, gelijk als de HEERE aan Mozes geboden had.

30 Zij maakten ook de plaat van de kroon der heiligheid van louter goud, en zij schreven daarop een schrift, met zegelgravering: De heiligheid DES HEEREN.

31 En zij hechtten een snoer van hemelsblauw daaraan, om aan den hoed van boven te hechten, gelijk als de HEERE aan Mozes geboden had.

32 Aldus werd al het werk des tabernakels, van de tent der samenkomst voleind; en de kinderen Israels hadden het gemaakt naar alles, wat de HEERE aan Mozes geboden had; alzo hadden zij het gemaakt.

33 Daarna brachten zij den tabernakel tot Mozes, de tent, en al haar gereedschap, haar haakjes, haar berderen, haar richelen, en haar pilaren, en haar voeten;

34 En het deksel van roodgeverfde ramsvellen, en het deksel van dassenvellen, en den voorhang van het deksel;

35 De ark der getuigenis, en haar handbomen, en het verzoendeksel;

36 De tafel, met al haar gereedschap, en de toonbroden;

37 De louteren kandelaar met zijn lampen, de lampen, die men toerichten moest, en al deszelfs gereedschap, en de olie tot het licht;

38 Verder het gouden altaar, en de zalfolie, en het reukwerk van welriekende specerijen, en het deksel van de deur der tent.

39 Het koperen altaar, en den koperen rooster, dien het heeft, deszelfs handbomen, en al zijn gereedschap; het wasvat en zijn voet;

40 De behangselen des voorhofs, zijn pilaren en zijn voeten, en het deksel van de poort des voorhofs, zijn zelen, en zijn pennen, en al het gereedschap van den dienst des tabernakels, tot de tent der samenkomst;

41 De ambtsklederen, om in het heiligdom te dienen, de heilige klederen van de priester Aaron, en de klederen van zijn zonen, om het priesterambt te bedienen.

42 Naar alles, wat de HEERE aan Mozes geboden had, alzo hadden de kinderen Israels het ganse werk gemaakt.

43 Mozes nu bezag het ganse werk, en ziet, zij hadden het gemaakt, gelijk als de HEERE geboden had; alzo hadden zij het gemaakt. Toen zegende Mozes hen.

   

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Apocalypse Explained #272

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272. And they had on their heads golden crowns, signifies all truths arranged into order by Divine good, thus also all the former heavens. This is evident from the signification of "four and twenty elders sitting upon four and twenty thrones, arrayed in white garments," as being all truths of the heavens, thus all the heavens both higher and lower (of which just above, n. 270, 271); also from the signification of a "golden crown," as being Divine good, from which are truths (of which in what follows). All the truths of heaven and of the church are from Divine good; truths that are not therefrom are not truths. Truths that are not from good are like shells without a kernel, and like a house in which no man dwells, but a wild beast; such are the truths that are called truths of faith apart from the good of charity; the good of charity is good from the Lord, thus Divine good. Now as "the elders upon thrones" signify the truths of the heavens, and "golden crowns" the good from which these are, therefore the elders were seen with crowns. The "crowns of kings" have a like signification; for "kings" in a representative sense signify truths, and "crowns" upon their heads signify the good from which the truths are (that "kings" signify truths may be seen above, n. 31. For this reason the crowns are of gold, for "gold" in like manner signifies good (See above. n. 242).

[2] That "crowns" signify good and wisdom therefrom, and that truths are what are crowned, can be seen from the following passages. In David:

I will make the horn to spring forth for David; I will set in order a lamp for Mine anointed; his enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown blossom (Psalms 132:17-18).

Here "David" and "anointed" mean the Lord (See above, n. 205[1-6]); "horn" His power; "lamp" is the Divine truth from which is Divine intelligence; "Crown" the Divine good from which is Divine wisdom, and from which is the Lord's government; and the "enemies," that shall be clothed with shame, are evils and falsities.

[3] In the same:

Thou showest anger with Thine anointed. Thou hast condemned even to the earth his crown (Psalms 89:38-39).

Here also "anointed" stands for the Lord, and "anger" for a state of temptation, in which He was when in combats with the hells. "Anger" and "condemnation" describe the lamentation at that time, as the Lord's last lamentation on the cross, that He was forsaken; for the cross was the last of His temptations or combats with the hells; and after that last temptation He put on the Divine good of the Divine love, and thus united the Divine Human to the Divine Itself which was in Him.

[4] In Isaiah:

In that day shall Jehovah of Hosts be for a crown of adornment, and for a diadem of splendor, unto the remnant of His people (Isaiah 28:5).

Here "crown of adornment" means wisdom that is of good from the Divine; and "the diadem of splendor" intelligence that is of truth from that good.

[5] In the same:

For Zion's sake will I not be silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp burneth; and thou shalt be a crown of splendor in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal tiara in the hand of thy God (Isaiah 62:1, 3).

Here "Zion" and "Jerusalem" mean the church, "Zion" the church which is in good, and "Jerusalem" the church which is in truths from that good; therefore it is called "a crown of splendor in the hand of Jehovah," and "a royal tiara in the hand of thy God;" a "crown of splendor" is wisdom that is of good, and a "royal tiara" is intelligence that is of truth; and because "crown" signifies wisdom that is of good it is said to be "in the hand of Jehovah;" and because "tiara" signifies intelligence that is of truth it is said to be "in the hand of God;" for "Jehovah" is used where good is treated of, and "God" where truth is treated of (See Arcana Coelestia 2586, 2769, 6905).

[6] In Jeremiah:

Say to the king and to the mistress, Humble yourselves, sit ye; for your headtire is come down, the crown of your splendor (Jeremiah 13:18);

a "crown of splendor" meaning wisdom that is of good ("splendor" is the Divine truth of the church, Arcana Coelestia 9815).

[7] In the same:

The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning; the crown of our head hath fallen (Lamentations 5:15, 16);

"the crown of the head that hath fallen" means the wisdom which those who are of the church have through Divine truth, which wisdom hath ceased, together with internal blessedness.

[8] In Ezekiel:

I put a jewel upon thy nose, and ear-rings on thine ears, and a crown of splendor upon thine head (Ezekiel 16:12).

This refers to Jerusalem, which is the church, here the church at its first establishment; "the jewel upon the nose" signifies the perception of good; and "the ear-rings on the ears" the perception of truth and obedience; and the "crown upon the head" signifies wisdom therefrom.

In Job:

He hath stripped from me the glory, and taken away the crown of my head (Job 19:9);

"glory" meaning intelligence from Divine truth, and a "crown of the head" the wisdom therefrom.

[9] in Revelation:

I saw, and behold a white horse; and He that sat on him had a bow, and there was given unto Him a crown; and He went forth conquering and to conquer (Revelation 6:2).

"The white horse and He that sat on him" is the Lord in respect to the Word; "the bow" is the doctrine of truth by which the combat is waged; from which it is clear that "crown," since it is attributed to the Lord, is the Divine good that He put on even in respect to the human, as a reward of victory.

[10] Again:

Afterwards I saw, and behold a white cloud; and on the cloud One sat like unto the Son of man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle (Revelation 14:14);

a "white cloud" standing for the literal sense of the Word (Arcana Coelestia 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8281, 8781);

"the Son of man" meaning the Lord in respect to Divine truth;

"the golden crown," the Divine good from which is Divine truth;

and "the sharp sickle," the dispersion of evil and falsity.

[11] That a "crown" is Divine good from which is Divine truth was represented by the plats of gold upon the front of the miter that was upon Aaron, which plate was also called a "crown" and a "coronet;" it is thus described in Exodus:

Thou shalt make a plate of gold, and grave upon it with the engraving of a signet, Holiness to Jehovah; and thou shalt put it on a thread of blue, and it shall be on the miter, over against the face of it (Exodus 28:36, 37).

That this plate was called a "crown of holiness" and a "coronet," see Exodus 39:30; Leviticus 8:9. (But what was specially signified thereby, see Arcana Coelestia 9930-9936, where the particulars are explained.)

  
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Arcana Coelestia #4060

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4060. Therefore the words quoted above [in 4056] mean the state of the Church at that time as regards good, that is, as regards charity towards the neighbour and love to the Lord. This is clear from the internal sense of these words, which is as follows:

But immediately after the affliction of those days means the state of the Church as regards the truth of faith, which is dealt with in the verses immediately before this. In the Word desolation of truth is called 'affliction' in various places - 'days' being states, see 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788, 3462, 3785. From this it is evident that these words mean that once faith no longer exists neither will any charity exist. For faith leads to charity because it teaches what charity is, and charity acquires its particular character from the truths of faith. The truths of faith however receive their essence and life from charity, as has been shown many times in previous volumes.

[2] The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light means love to the Lord, which is 'the sun', and charity towards the neighbour, which is 'the moon'. 'Being darkened' and 'not giving light' mean that that love and charity will not be in evidence and so will disappear. For 'the sun' means the celestial kind of love and 'the moon' the spiritual kind; that is, 'the sun' means love to the Lord, and 'the moon' charity towards the neighbour which comes through faith, see 1053, 1529, 1530, 2120, 2441, 2495. The reason why the sun and the moon have these meanings is that the Lord is seen in the next life as a sun by those in heaven who are governed by love to Him and are called celestial, and as a moon by those who are governed by charity towards the neighbour and are referred to as spiritual, see 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 3636, 3643.

[3] The sun and the moon in heaven, or the Lord, are never darkened, nor do they lose their light but are shining unceasingly. Thus in heaven there is no darkening or loss of light in the love which celestial angels have for the Lord or in the charity which spiritual angels show towards the neighbour. Nor on earth is there any in people with whom angels are present, that is, in people who are governed by love and charity. But those who are not governed by any love or charity, only by self-love and love of the world, and consequently by feelings of hatred and revenge, bring that kind of obscurity to themselves. It is like the sun of this world which is shining constantly; yet when clouds intervene the sun is not visible, see 2441.

[4] And the stars will fall from heaven means that cognitions of good and truth will perish. When mentioned in the Word 'stars' have no other meaning than those cognitions, 1808, 2849.

And the powers of the heavens will be shaken means the foundations of the Church which are said to be shaken and jolted when those cognitions perish. This is because the Church on earth is heaven's foundation; for the influx of good and truth from the Lord through the heavens culminates ultimately in the goods and truths present with the member of the Church. Consequently when the state of the member of the Church is so perverse that he no longer allows good or truth to flow into him 'the powers of the heavens' are in that case said 'to be shaken'. That being so, the Lord always provides for some vestige of the Church to be left. And when the old Church perishes a new one is established.

[5] And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven means the manifestation of Divine truth - 'sign' meaning a manifestation, 'the Son of Man' the Lord as regards Divine truth, see 2803, 2813, 3704. This manifestation, or this 'sign', is what the disciples asked for when they said to the Lord,

Tell us, when will those things take place; what especially will be the sign of Your coming and of the close of the age? Matthew 24:3.

For they knew from the Word that when the age drew to a close the Lord would come, and they knew from the Lord that He would be coming again, by which they understood the Lord's coming a second time into the world since they were not yet aware of the fact that the Lord had come as often as the Church had been brought to ruin. Not that any of these comings had been a coming in person, as was the case when, through birth in the world, He took on the Human and made this Divine. Rather, those comings had been made through appearances or manifestations of Himself, such as when He appeared in Mamre to Abraham, in the bush to Moses, on Mount Sinai to the Israelites, and to Joshua when he entered the land of Canaan. There were other comings of a less visible nature, such as those at times when inspiration was received and the Word was given by means of it, and later on through the Word itself. For the Word has the Lord present within it; every detail there comes from Him and has reference to Him, as may be recognized from what has been shown many times up to now. This is the kind of appearance that is meant here by 'the sign of the Son of Man' and is the subject in the present verse under consideration.

[6] And then all the tribes of the earth will mourn means that all in whom the good of love and the truth of faith dwell will experience grief. This is what is meant by 'mourning', see Zechariah 12:10-14; and 'the tribes' means all aspects of good and truth, that is, of love and faith, 3858, 3926, and so consequently those in whom these things dwell. The phrase 'the tribes of the earth' is used because those inside the Church are meant - 'the earth' being the Church, see 662, 1066, 1067, 1262, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2928,

[7] And they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory means that at that time a revelation of the internal sense of the Word - the sense in which the Lord is present - will take place. 'The Son of Man' means Divine truth within the Word, 2803, 2813, 3704, 'the clouds' the literal sense. 'Power' has reference to the good and 'glory' to the truth present there. For this meaning of 'seeing the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven', see Preface to Genesis 18. This is the kind of coming of the Lord that is meant here, not a literal manifestation of Him in clouds. Next follows a reference to the establishment of a new Church, which takes place once the old has been brought to ruin and cast aside.

[8] He will send out His angels with a trumpet and a loud voice means election - not by visible angels, still less by trumpets and by loud voices, but by an influx of holy good and of holy truth from the Lord through angels, so that the expression 'angels' in the Word means something essentially the Lord's, 1925, 2821, 3039. In this instance it means things which come from the Lord and have reference to the Lord. 'A trumpet and a loud voice' means the proclamation of the Gospel, as in other places in the Word.

[9] And they will gather the elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other end of them means the establishment of a new Church, 'the elect' being people in whom the good of love and faith dwell, 3755 (end), 3900, 'the four winds' from which they will be gathered being all states of good and truth, 3708, and 'one end of the heavens to the other' the internal and the external features of the Church. These are the considerations that are meant by these words spoken by the Lord.

  
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