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Exodus第36章

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1 Derfor skal Bezal'el og Oholiab og alle andre kunstforstandige Mænd, hvem HE EN har givet Kunstsnilde og Kløgt, så de forstår sig på Arbejdet, udføre alt Arbejdet ved Helligdommens Opførelse i Overensstemmelse med alt, hvad HE EN har påbudt.

2 Derpå tilkaldte Moses Bezal'el og Oholiab og alle de kunstforstandige Mænd, hvem HE EN havde givet Kunstsnilde, alle dem, som i deres Hjerte følte sig tilskyndet til at give sig i Lag med Udførelsen af Arbejdet.

3 Og de modtog af Moses hele den Offerydelse, Israeliterne var kommet med til Arbejdet med Helligdommens Opførelse, for at det kunde blive udført. Men de blev ved at komme med frivillige Gaver til ham, Morgen efter Morgen.

4 Da kom alle de kunstforstandige Mænd, der udførte alt Arbejdet ved Helligdommen, hver fra den Del af Arbejdet, han var beskæftiget med,

5 og sagde til Moses: "Folket kommer med mere, end der kræves til Udførelsen af det Arbejde, HE EN har påbudt!"

6 Da bød Moses, at følgende Kundgørelse skulde udråbes i Lejren: "Hverken Mænd eller Kvinder skal yde mere som Offergave til Helligdommen!" Så hørte Folket op med at komme med Gaver.

7 Og det, der var ydet, var dem nok til at udføre hele Arbejdet, ja mer end nok.

8 Så lavede alle de kunstforstandige Mænd blandt dem, der deltog i Arbejdet, Boligen, ti Tæpper af tvundet Byssus, violet og rødt Purpurgarn og karmoisinrødt Garn; han lavede dem med Keruber på i Kunstvævning,

9 hvert Tæppe otte og tyve Alen langt og fire Alen bredt; alle Tæpperne havde samme Mål.

10 Han syede Tæpperne sammen, fem og fem.

11 I Kanten af det ene Tæppe, det yderste i det ene sammensyede Stykke, satte han Løkker af violet Purpurgarn, og ligeledes satte han Løkker i Kanten af det yderste Tæppe i det andet sammensyede Stykke;

12 han satte halvtredsindstyve Løkker på det ene Tæppe og halvtredsindstyve Løkker i Kanten af det tilsvarende Tæppe i det andet sammensyede Stykke, Løkke lige over for Løkke.

13 Derpå lavede han halvtredsindstyve Guldkroge til at forbinde Tæpperne med hinanden, så at Boligen udgjorde et Hele.

14 Fremdeles lavede han Tæpper af Gedehår til et Teltdække uden om Boligen, og her lavede han elleve Tæpper,

15 hvert Tæppe tredive Alen langt og fire Alen bredt; alle Tæpperne havde samme Mål.

16 De fem af Tæpperne syede han sammen for sig og de seks for sig,

17 og han satte halvtredsindstyve Løkker i Kanten af det yderste Tæppe i det ene sammensyede Stykke og halvtredsindstyve Løkker i Kanten af det tilsvarende Tæppe i det andet sammensyede Stykke.

18 Og han lavede halvtredsindstyve Kobberkroge til at sammenføje Teltdækket med, så det udgjorde et Hele.

19 Fremdeles lavede han over Teltdækket et Dække af rødfarvede Væderskind og derover endnu et Dække af Tahasjskind.

20 Derpå lavede han Brædderne til Boligen af Akacietræ til at stå op,

21 hvert Bræt ti Alen højt og halvanden Alen bredt,

22 og på hvert Bræt to indbyrdes forbundne Tapper; således indrettede han det ved alle Boligens Brædder.

23 Af Brædderne, som han lavede til Boligen, var tyve til Sydsiden,

24 og til de tyve Brædder lavede han fyrretyve Fodstykker af Sølv, to Fodstykker til de to Tapper på hvert Bræt.

25 Andre tyve Brædder lavede han til Boligens anden Side, som vendte mod Nord,

26 med fyrretyve Fodstykker af Sølv, to Fodstykker til hvert Bræt.

27 Og til Bagsiden, som vendte mod Vest, lavede han seks Brædder.

28 Til Boligens Baghjørner lavede han to Brædder,

29 der bestod af to Stykker forneden og ligeledes af to Stykker foroven, indtil den første ing; således indrettede han dem begge for at danne de to Hjørner.

30 Altså blev der til Bagsiden otte Brædder med tilhørende seksten Fodstykker af Sølv, to til hvert Bræt.

31 Derpå lavede han Tværstænger af Akacietræ, fem til de Brædder, der dannede Boligens ene Side,

32 fem til de Brædder, der dannede Boligens anden Side, og fem til de Brædder, der dannede Boligens Bagside mod Vest;

33 den mellemste Tværstang lavede han således, at den midt på Brædderne nåede fra den ene Ende af Væggen til den anden.

34 Brædderne overtrak han med Guld, og deres inge, som Tværstængerne skulde stikkes i, lavede han af Guld, og Tværstængerne overtrak han med Guld.

35 Derpå lavede han Forhænget af violet og rødt Purpurgarn, karmoisinrødt Garn og tvundet Byssus, han lavede det i Kunstvævning med Keruber på,

36 og han lavede dertil fire Piller af Akacietræ, som han overtrak med Guld, og Knagerne derpå lavede han af Guld, og han støbte fire Fodstykker af Sølv til dem.

37 Derpå lavede han et Forhæng til Teltets Indgang af violet og rødt Purpurgarn, karmoisinrødt Garn og tvundet Byssus i broget Vævning

38 og dertil fem Piller med Knager, hvis Hoveder og Bånd han overtrak med Guld, og fem Fodstykker af Kobber.

   


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Arcana Coelestia#6306

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6306. 'Which I took out of the hand of the Amorite' means because of the victory over evil. This is clear from the representation of 'the Amorite' as evil, dealt with in 1857; and from the meaning of 'taking out of the hand' as acquiring through victory. As regards 'the Amorites', it should be recognized that they mean evil, just as 'the Canaanites' and all the other nations in the land that are mentioned in the Word mean various kinds of evil and also of falsity. Such things were represented by the nations when the children of Israel were taking possession of the land of Canaan. The reason for this was that whenever the children of Israel represented the things of heaven those nations represented the things of hell; thus the land of Canaan represented every state that exists in the next life. Also, because the nations represented the things of hell they were utterly destroyed; and entrance into any treaty with those who might remain was forbidden.

[2] The action of the children of Israel, of their taking possession of and dwelling in the land of those who represented the hells, was representative. It represented what happened around the time of the Lord's Coming, when spirits from hell had possession of a large part of heaven but He, by coming into the world and making the human within Himself Divine, cast them out of there and down into hell, and thereby delivered heaven from them, which He then gave as an inheritance to those who belonged to His spiritual kingdom.

[3] The representation of the Amorite nation as evil in general is evident from the places where it is referred to, as in Ezekiel, Thus said the Lord Jehovih to Jerusalem, 1 Your tradings and your births are of the land of the Canaanite. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. Ezekiel 16:3, 45.

'Father' in the internal sense means the Church's good, or in the contrary sense evil, and 'mother' means the Church's truth, or in the contrary sense falsity; and this is why it is said, 'Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite'.

[4] In Amos,

I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and whose strength was like the oaks. I led you in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. Amos 2:9-10.

Here also 'the Amorite' stands for evil, for the evil of self-love is described by 'the height of the cedars' and 'the strength of an oak'. The reason why 'the Amorite' means evil in general is that the entire land of Canaan was called 'the land of the Amorite'; for it says, 'I led you in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite'. In addition the second Book of Kings says,

Manasseh king of Judah did what was evil, greater than all the evil which the Amorites did, who were before him. 2 Kings 21:11.

[5] 'With my sword' means through truth engaged in conflict. This is clear from the meaning of 'sword' as truth engaged in conflict, dealt with in 2799, 4499.

'And my bow' means received from doctrine. This is clear from the meaning of 'bow' as doctrine, dealt with in 2686, 2709.

[6] The words used here, 'the portion which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow' were, it is quite evident, uttered by Israel on account of the internal sense; for Jacob did not take that portion from the Amorite with sword or bow. He bought it from the sons of Hamor, as is evident from Genesis 33, where these words occur, Jacob came to Salem, the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, as he was coming from Paddan Aram; and he encamped towards the face of the city. And he bought the portion of the field where he had stretched his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitahs. Genesis 33:18-19.

The fact that this field was the portion he gave to Joseph is clear in Joshua,

The bones of Joseph which the children of Israel caused to be brought up out of Egypt they buried in Shechem, in the part of the field which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitahs; and they had become an inheritance for the children of Joseph. Joshua 24:32.

From this it is evident that the portion had been bought, and that this is what was given to Joseph. Nor was the city of Shechem nearby meant, the city in which Simeon and Levi killed every male and which they took with the sword, Genesis 34. This is made clear by the fact that Jacob detested what they did and for that reason cursed Simeon and Levi, completely dissociating himself from the crime. He said,

Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of violence are their swords. Into their secret place let my soul not come; in their congregation let not my glory be united; for in their anger they killed a man, and in their pleasure they hamstrung an ox. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was hard. 2 I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. Genesis 49:5-7.

From all this it may now be seen that the words 'the portion which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow' were uttered by him, when the spirit of prophecy rested on him, for the sake of the internal sense.

脚注:

1. The Latin means O Jerusalem but the Hebrew means to Jerusalem, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse (and possibly in his rough draft here).

2. i.e. cruel

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