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你要用皂莢木做壇。這壇要四方的，長五肘，寬五肘，高三肘。
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要做盆，收去壇上的灰，又做鏟子、盤子、肉鍤子、火鼎；壇上一切的器具都用銅做。
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你要做帳幕的院子。院子的南面要用撚的細麻做帷子，長一百肘。
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帷子的柱子要二十根，帶卯的銅座二十個。柱子上的鉤子和杆子都要用銀子做。
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北面也當有帷子，長一百肘，帷子的柱子二十根，帶卯的銅座二十個。柱子上的鉤子和杆子都要用銀子做。
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院子的西面當有帷子，寬五十肘，帷子的柱子十根，帶卯的座十個。
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門那邊的帷子也要十五肘，帷子的柱子三根，帶卯的座三個。
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院子的門當有簾子，長二十肘，要拿藍色、紫色、朱紅色線，和撚的細麻，用繡花的手工織成，柱子四根，帶卯的座四個。
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院子四圍一切的柱子都要用銀杆連絡，柱子上的鉤子要用銀做，帶卯的座要用銅做。
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院子要長一百肘，寬五十肘，高五肘，帷子要用撚的細麻做，帶卯的座要用銅做。
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帳幕各樣用處的器具，並帳幕一切的橛子，和院子裡一切的橛子，都要用銅做。
3707. And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth. That this signifies that Divine truth natural would be as natural good, is evident from the signification of “seed,” as being truth (see above, n. 3706); hence “thy seed,” or the seed of Jacob, is Divine truth natural, for by Jacob is represented the Lord’s Divine natural, as shown above-and from the signification of the “dust of the earth,” as being good (see n. 1610). Therefore “thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth,” signifies in the internal sense that Divine truth natural should be as Divine good natural. That the “dust of the earth” signifies good, is because by “earth” is signified the Lord’s kingdom, consequently good, as shown above (n. 3705); the “dust of that earth” therefore signifies good, but natural good, because by “earth,” as also shown above, is signified that which is lower in the Lord’s kingdom, thus the natural; while “heaven,” when it also is mentioned, signifies that which is interior, or the rational. This is the reason why fructification of good and multiplication of truth are expressed in the Word throughout by “seed becoming as the stars of the heavens and as the dust of the earth.” By the “stars of the heavens” are there signified rational things; and by the “dust of the earth,” natural things, which thus increase. What is meant by natural truth being as natural good, will of the Lord’s Divine mercy be explained hereafter.
3636. This is a most universal truth: That the Lord is the Sun of heaven, and that from this Sun is all the light in the other life; and that to angels and spirits, or those who are in the other life, nothing at all of the light of the world appears; and also that the light of the world, which is from its sun, is only thick darkness to angels. From the Sun of heaven, or from the Lord, there is not only light, but also heat; but it is spiritual light and spiritual heat. To the angels’ eyes this light appears as light, but has within it intelligence and wisdom, because this is its source; and by their senses this heat is perceived as heat, but there is within it love, because this is its source. For this reason love is also called spiritual heat, and likewise constitutes the heat of man’s life; and intelligence is called spiritual light, and likewise constitutes the light of man’s life. From this universal correspondence all other correspondences are derived; for all things both in general and in particular have relation to the good which is of love, and to the truth which is of intelligence.
