2
你告訴以色列人當為我送禮物來；凡甘心樂意的，你們就可以收下歸我。
9
製造帳幕和其中的一切器具都要照我所指示你的樣式。
17
要用精金做施恩座（施恩：或作蔽罪；下同），長二肘半，寬一肘半。
19
這頭做一個基路伯，那頭做一個基路伯，二基路伯要接連一塊，在施恩座的兩頭。
20
二基路伯要高張翅膀，遮掩施恩座。基路伯要臉對臉，朝著施恩座。
21
要將施恩座安在櫃的上邊，又將我所要賜給你的法版放在櫃裡。
22
我要在那裡與你相會，又要從法櫃施恩座上二基路伯中間，和你說我所要吩咐你傳給以色列人的一切事。
26
要做四個金環，安在桌子的四角上，就是桌子四腳上的四角。
29
要做桌子上的盤子、調羹，並奠酒的爵和瓶；這都要用精金製作。
31
要用精金做一個燈臺。燈臺的座和榦與杯、球、花，都要接連一塊錘出來。
33
這旁每枝上有三個杯，形狀像杏花，有球，有花；那旁每枝上也有三個杯，形狀像杏花，有球，有花。從燈臺杈出來的六個枝子都是如此。
9494. 'And put them on [its] four corners' means firmness. This is clear from the meaning of 'corners' as strength and firmness, the reason why this is meant by 'corners' being that the greatest resistance [to pressure] resides there, and also the whole is bonded together there. Because 'corner' means strength and firmness such as Divine Truth derived from Divine Good possesses, the Lord is called 'the corner-stone': In David,
The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner. Psalms 118:22; Matthew 21:42.
And in Zechariah,
From Judah will be the corner-stone, from him the tent-peg, and from him the battle-bow. Zechariah 10:4.
Also in Isaiah,
The Lord Jehovih will lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, a tested stone, a precious corner-stone, surely founded. Isaiah 28:16.
In these places 'corner' in like manner stands for the firmness of teachings which consist of truth that is derived from good.
[2] In Jeremiah,
Nor are they to take from you a stone for a corner, or a stone for foundations. Jeremiah 51:26.
Because firmness is meant by 'corners' horns were placed on the four corners of the altar, regarding which the following is stated in Moses,
You shall make the horns of the altar on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. 1 Exodus 27:2.
'The horns' are the power of truth derived from good, thus its strength and firmness, see 2832, 9081.
[3] 'The corners' again means strength and power in Jeremiah,
Fire has gone out of Heshbon, which has devoured the corners of Moab. Jeremiah 48:45.
And in Moses,
A star will arise out of Jacob, and a sceptre rise up out of Israel, which will crush the corners of Moab. Numbers 24:17.
'Moab', whose power was going to be destroyed, stands for those who adulterate the Church's forms of good, 2468, their 'corners' standing for the power of falsity that results from the adulterated forms of good. Since power and strength are meant by 'the corners' those who lack the power of truth derived from good are called the cut off of the corner, 2 Jeremiah 9:26; 25:23. What the meaning is when 'corners' refers to the four quarters or winds, see below in 9642.
脚注:
1. literally, shall be from (or out of) it
2. This expression is generally thought to mean men whose hair is cut in a particular way. Another understanding of it is those in a remote corner of the desert or on the edge of civilization.
