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出埃及记第25章

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1 耶和华晓谕摩西

2 你告诉以色列人当为我送礼物来;凡甘乐意的,你们就可以收下归我。

3 所要收的礼物:就是、铜,

4 蓝色紫色、朱红色线,细麻,山羊毛,

5 染红的公羊皮,海狗,皂荚

6 点灯的并做膏香料

7 红玛瑙与别样的宝,可以镶嵌在以弗得和胸牌上。

8 又当为我造圣所,使我可以住在他们中间

9 制造帐幕和其中的一切器具都要照我所指示你的样式。

10 要用皂荚做一柜,长二肘半,宽一肘半,一肘半。

11 要里外包上精,四围镶上牙边。

12 也要铸,安在柜的脚上;这边两,那边两

13 要用皂荚做两根杠,用包裹。

14 要把杠穿在柜旁的内,以便抬柜。

15 这杠要常在柜的内,不可抽出来。

16 必将我所要赐你的法版放在柜里。

17 要用精做施恩座(施恩:或作蔽罪;下同),长二肘半,宽一肘半。

18 要用子锤出两个基路伯来,安在施恩座的两头。

19 这头做基路伯,那头做基路伯基路伯要接连块,在施恩座的两头。

20 基路伯翅膀,遮掩施恩座。基路伯要脸对脸,朝着施恩座。

21 要将施恩座安在柜的上边,又将我所要赐你的法版放在柜里。

22 我要在那里与你相会,又要从法柜施恩座上基路伯中间,和你说我所要吩咐你传给以色列人的一切事。

23 要用皂荚做一张桌子,长二肘,宽一肘,一肘半。

24 要包上精,四围镶上牙边。

25 桌子的四围各做一掌宽的横梁,横梁上镶着牙边。

26 要做,安在桌子的角上,就是桌子上的角。

27 子的地方要挨近横梁,可以穿杠抬桌子

28 要用皂荚做两根杠,用包裹,以便抬桌子

29 要做桌子上的盘子、调羹,并奠酒的爵和瓶;这都要用精制作。

30 又要在桌子上,在我面前,常摆陈设饼。

31 要用精做一个灯台灯台的座和杆与杯、球、,都要接连一块锤出来。

32 台两旁要杈出个枝子:这旁个,那旁个。

33 这旁每枝上有个杯,形状像杏,有球,有;那旁每枝上也有个杯,形状像杏,有球,有。从台杈出来的个枝子都是如此。

34 台上有个杯,形状像杏,有球,有

35 台每两个枝子以有球与枝子接连一块。伸出的个枝子是如此。

36 球和枝子要接连块,都是块精锤出来的。

37 要做台的盏。祭司要点这,使灯光对照。

38 灯台的蜡剪和蜡花盘也是要精的。

39 做灯台和这一切的器具要用精一他连得。

40 要谨慎做这些物件,都要照着在上指示你的样式。

   

来自斯威登堡的著作

 

Arcana Coelestia#9474

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9474. 'Spices for the anointing oil' means internal truths belonging to the good that consecrates. This is clear from the meaning of 'spices' as interior truths, which are the truths of internal good, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'oil' as the good of love, as above in 9473; and from the meaning of 'anointing' as consecrating to serve as a representative sign. For objects which were to represent realities that were holy were anointed with oil smelling sweetly of spices and thereby consecrated, as is clear from these words later on in Exodus,

Take for yourself the chief spices - best myrrh, sweet-smelling cinnamon, sweet-scented cane, cassia, olive oil. Afterwards you shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfect ointment; 1 a holy anointing oil it shall be. With it you shall anoint the tent, the ark of the Testimony, the table and all its vessels, the lampstand and its vessels, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base. Thus shall you sanctify them, that they may be most holy. 2 And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons. Exodus 30:23-31.

The reason why objects were holy when they had been anointed was that they then represented realities that were holy; and from this it is evident that the anointing of something was the consecration of it to serve as a representative sign.

[2] The reason why oil was used for anointing was that oil was the sign of celestial good, and celestial good is the good of love received from the Lord, and consequently is the good of love to the Lord. This good is the indispensable element within every single aspect of heaven and eternal life. Sweet-smelling spices were used to make that oil sweet-scented, to the end that what was delightful might be represented; for 'odour' means perception, and 'a pleasant and sweet odour' means a delightful perception, see 925, 1514, 1517-1519, 3577, 4624-4634, 4748. And since every perception of good comes through truth, spices were used, by which interior truths are meant, 4748, 5621.

[3] Something more must be stated briefly about why the anointing oil and also the incense were to be made sweet-smelling. As stated above, 'oil' means the good of love, and 'spice' internal truth. But the good of love cannot come to be perceived except through truths; for truth bears witness to good, indeed is the revealer of it, and may be called the outward form of good. This is like the situation with human will and understanding, in that the will cannot make itself known except through the understanding. For the understanding takes to itself and reveals the good of the will; also the understanding is the outward form of the will, in addition to which truth belongs to the understanding and good to the will. From all this it becomes clear why the anointing oil was made to smell sweetly of spices, as also was the incense. But the difference between them is that the spicy smell of the anointing oil means the delightfulness of internal perception, whereas the spicy smell of incense means the delightfulness of external perception. For the spicy smell of the anointing oil was given off without any smoke, and so presented a sweet odour without any external appearance, whereas the spicy smell of incense was given off with the smoke.

脚注:

1. literally, ointment of ointment

2. literally, the holy thing of holy things

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.