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1 你要用皂莢做一座燒香的

2 這壇要四方的,長一肘,寬一肘,二肘;壇的四角要與壇接連一塊。

3 要用精把壇的上面與壇的四圍,並壇的四角,包裹;又要在壇的四圍鑲上牙邊。

4 要做兩個安在牙子邊以,在壇的兩旁,兩根橫撐上,作為穿杠的用處,以便抬壇。

5 要用皂莢做杠,用包裹。

6 要把壇放在法櫃前的幔子外,對著法櫃上的施恩座,就是我要與你相會的地方。

7 亞倫在壇上要燒馨料做的;每早晨他收拾的時候,要燒這

8 黃昏的時候,他要在耶和華面前燒這香,作為世世代常燒的香。

9 在這壇上不可奉上異樣的香,不可獻燔祭、素祭,也不可澆上奠祭。

10 亞倫一年一次要在壇的角上行贖罪之禮。他一年一次要用贖罪祭牲的血在壇上行贖罪之禮,作為世世代的定例。這壇在耶和華面前為至

11 耶和華曉諭摩西

12 你要按以色列人被數的,計算總數,你數的時候,他們各要為自己的生命把贖價奉耶和華,免得數的時候在他們中間有災殃。

13 凡過去歸那些被數之人的,每人要按所的平,拿銀子半舍客勒;這半舍客勒是奉耶和華的禮物(一舍客勒二十季拉)。

14 凡過去歸那些被數的人,從二十歲以外的,要將這禮物奉耶和華

15 他們為贖生命將禮物奉耶和華,富足的不可多出,貧窮的也不可少出,各人要出半舍客勒

16 你要從以色列人收這贖罪,作為會幕的使用,可以在耶和華面前為以色列人紀念,贖生命。

17 耶和華曉諭摩西

18 你要用銅做濯盆和盆座,以便濯。要將盆放在會幕的中間,在盆裡盛

19 亞倫和他的兒子要在這盆裡

20 他們進會幕,或是就前供職給耶和華獻火祭的時候,必用濯,免得亡。

21 他們就免得亡。這要作亞倫和他後裔世世代永遠的定例。

22 耶和華曉諭摩西

23 你要取上品的香料,就是流質的沒藥五舍客勒,肉桂一半,就是二五十舍客勒,菖蒲二五十舍客勒,

24 桂皮五舍客勒,都按著所的平,又取橄欖

25 按做香之法調和做成

26 要用這油抹會幕和法櫃,

27 桌子桌子的一切器具,臺和臺的器具,並香

28 祭壇,和的一切器具,洗濯盆和盆座。

29 要使這些物成為,好成為至;凡挨著的都成為

30 亞倫和他的兒子,使他們成為,可以給我供祭司的職分。

31 你要對以色列人:這,我要世世代以為

32 不可倒在別人的身上,也不可按這調和之法做與此相似的。這膏油是的,你們也要以為

33 凡調和與此相似的,或將這膏膏在別身上的,這要從民中剪除。

34 耶和華吩咐摩西:你要取馨香料,就是拿他弗、施喜列、喜利比拿;這馨香料和淨乳各樣要一般大的分量。

35 你要用這些加上鹽,按做香之法做成清淨聖潔的香。

36 這香要取點搗得極細,放在會幕內、法櫃前,我要在那裡與你相會。你們要以這香為至

37 你們不可按這調和之法為自己做香;要以這香為,歸耶和華

38 凡做和這一樣,為要香味的,這要從民中剪除。

   

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Arcana Coelestia#10208

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10208. 'And Aaron shall make expiation on its horns' means purification from evils by means of the truths of faith which spring from the good of love. This is clear from the meaning of 'making expiation' as purifying from evils, dealt with in 9506; from the representation of 'Aaron' as the Lord in respect of Divine Good, and in respect of the work of salvation, dealt with in 9806, 9946, 10017; and from the meaning of 'horns' as powers, dealt with in 10182, and also outer levels, 10186. The reason why purification by means of the truths of faith which spring from the good of love is meant is that expiation was made by means of blood, and 'blood' means the truth of faith emanating from the good of love, 4735, 7317, 7326, 7846, 7850, 7877, 9127, 9393, 10026, 10033, 10047; and all purification from evils is accomplished by means of the truths of faith that spring from the good of love, 2799, 5954(end), 7044, 7918, 9088. The fact that expiations were made by the blood on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense is clear in Leviticus 4:3, 7, 18, 25, 30, 34; 16:18.

[2] The altars were expiated in this way because holy things were polluted by the sins of the people. The people represented the Church; therefore those places which were the Church's, called its sanctuaries, such as the altar and the tent, together with their contents, were defiled whenever those people were guilty of sin; for those sanctuaries were places belonging to the Church. This is also made clear in Moses,

You shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, in order that they may not die in their uncleanness when they pollute My dwelling-place which is in their midst. Leviticus 15:31.

And in another place,

Aaron shall expiate the holy place from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. Thus shall he expiate the holy sanctuary, and the tent of meeting, and the altar. Leviticus 16:16, 33.

[3] The implications of all this are that those things which are called the holy things of the Church are not holy unless they are received with holy respect; for unless they are received with that respect what is Divine does not flow into them. Anything holy that exists with people is holy only by virtue of what is Divine flowing into it; sacred shrines for example, the altars there, and the bread and wine for the Holy Supper are made holy solely by the presence of the Lord. Therefore if the Lord is unable to be present there on account of the people's sins, those things have no holiness because they lack what is Divine. Furthermore the holy things of the Church are rendered unholy by sins because sins take what is Divine away from them.

[4] This then is the reason why sanctuaries are said to have been polluted by the uncleanness of the people and why those places therefore had to be expiated annually. The reason why the expiations were made with blood on the horns of the altars and not on the altars themselves was that the horns were the extremities of them, and nothing of a person has been purified unless the extremities or what is outermost has been purified. For inner things flow into those that are outermost, but the state of the outermost conditions the inflow. Consequently if what is outermost has been perverted the things within become perverted; for when those inner things flow into outermost ones, the recipient forms into which they descend are conditioned by the state in which the outermost things exist. The situation is like that when the eye is in bad condition; the power of sight which comes from within sees things only as that eye-condition will allow. Or it is like that when the arms are in bad shape; the powers which come from within exert themselves only as that condition will allow. Consequently if the natural man has been perverted the spiritual lacks the opportunity to function properly within the natural man, and this is why the spiritual or internal man is closed.

[5] But see what has been shown already on these matters, namely the following;

If a person is to be purified the natural or external man must be purified, see the places referred to in 9325(end).

This is because the path that all influx takes is from the internal to the external, and not vice versa, 5119, 6322.

For it is on the natural level within a person that influx from the spiritual world reaches its destination, 5651.

The outward aspects of a person have been formed to serve the inward, 5947, 9216, 9828.

Thus the external man must be altogether subject to the internal, 5786, 6275, 6284, 6299.

This is because the internal man is in heaven and the external man is in the world, 3167, 10156.

And the external man by himself or left to himself alone acts contrary to the internal, 3913, 3928.

In addition to all this, see 9701-9709 stating what the internal man is and what the external man is.

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