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Exodus第39章

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1 Zij maakten ook ambtsklederen, om in het heilige te dienen, van hemelsblauw, en purper, en scharlaken; ook maakten zij de heilige klederen, die voor Aaron waren, gelijk de HEERE aan Mozes geboden had.

2 Aldus maakte hij den efod, van goud, hemelsblauw, en purper, en scharlaken, en fijn getweernd linnen.

3 En zij rekten uit de dunne platen van goud, en sneden het tot draden, om te doen in het midden van het hemelsblauw, en in het midden van het purper, en in het midden van het scharlaken, en in het midden van het fijn linnen, van het allerkunstelijkste werk.

4 Zij maakten samenvoegende schouderbanden daaraan; aan deszelfs beide einden werd hij samengevoegd.

5 En de kunstelijke riem zijns efods, die daarop was, was gelijk zijn werk, van hetzelfde, van goud, van hemelsblauw, en purper, en scharlaken, en fijn getweernd linnen, gelijk als de HEERE aan Mozes bevolen had.

6 Zij bereidden ook de sardonixstenen, omvat in gouden kastjes, als zegelgravering gegraveerd, met de namen der zonen van Israel.

7 En hij zette ze op de schouderbanden des efods, tot stenen der gedachtenis voor de kinderen Israels, gelijk de HEERE aan Mozes geboden had.

8 Hij maakte ook de borstlap van het allerkunstelijkste werk, gelijk het werk des efods, van goud, hemelsblauw, en purper, en scharlaken, en fijn getweernd linnen.

9 Hij was vierkant; zij maakten den borstlap dubbel; een span was zijn lengte, en een span was zijn breedte, dubbel zijnde.

10 En zij vulden daarin vier rijen stenen: een rij van een Sardis, een Topaas en een Karbonkel; dit is de eerste rij.

11 En de tweede rij van een Smaragd, een Saffier en een Diamant.

12 En de derde rij van een Hyacinth, Agaat, en Amethyst.

13 En de vierde rij van een Turkoois, en een Sardonix, en een Jaspis; omvat in gouden kastjes in hun vullingen.

14 Deze stenen nu, met de namen der zonen van Israel, waren twaalf, met hun namen, met zegelgravering; ieder met zijn naam, naar de twaalf stammen.

15 Zij maakten ook aan den borstlap gelijk-eindigende ketentjes, van gedraaid werk, uit louter goud.

16 En zij maakten twee gouden kastjes, en twee gouden ringen; en zij zetten die twee ringen aan de beide einden des borstlaps.

17 En zij zetten de twee gedraaide gouden ketentjes aan de twee ringen, aan de einden van den borstlap.

18 Doch de twee andere einden der gedraaide ketenen zetten zij aan de twee kastjes, en zij zetten ze aan de schouderbanden des efods, recht op de voorste zijde van dien.

19 Zij maakten ook twee gouden ringen, die zij aan de twee andere einden des borstlaps zetten, inwendig aan zijn boord, die aan de zijde des efods is.

20 Nog maakten zij twee gouden ringen, die zij zetten aan de twee schouderbanden van den efod, beneden, aan deszelfs voorste zijde, tegenover zijn andere voege, boven den kunstelijke riem des efods.

21 En zij bonden den borstlap met zijn ringen aan de ringen van den efod, met een hemelsblauw snoer, dat hij op den kunstelijke riem van den efod was; opdat de borstlap van den efod niet afgescheiden wierd, gelijk als de HEERE aan Mozes geboden had.

22 En hij maakte den mantel des efods van geweven werk, geheel van hemelsblauw.

23 En het gat des mantels was in deszelfs midden, als het gat eens pantsiers; dit gat had een boord rondom, dat het niet gescheurd wierd.

24 En aan de zomen des mantels maakten zij granaatappelen van hemelsblauw, en purper, en scharlaken, getweernd.

25 Zij maakten ook schelletjes van louter goud, en zij stelden de schelletjes tussen de granaatappelen, aan de zomen des mantels rondom, tussen de granaatappelen;

26 Dat er een schelletje, daarna een granaatappel was; wederom een schelletje, en een granaatappel; aan de zomen des mantels rondom; om te dienen, gelijk als de HEERE aan Mozes geboden had.

27 Zij maakten ook de rokken van fijn linnen, van geweven werk, voor Aaron en voor zijn zonen;

28 En den hoed van fijn linnen, en de sierlijke mutsen van fijn linnen, en de linnen onderbroeken van fijn getweernd linnen;

29 En den gordel van fijn getweernd linnen, en van hemelsblauw, en purper, en scharlaken, van geborduurd werk, gelijk als de HEERE aan Mozes geboden had.

30 Zij maakten ook de plaat van de kroon der heiligheid van louter goud, en zij schreven daarop een schrift, met zegelgravering: De heiligheid DES HEEREN.

31 En zij hechtten een snoer van hemelsblauw daaraan, om aan den hoed van boven te hechten, gelijk als de HEERE aan Mozes geboden had.

32 Aldus werd al het werk des tabernakels, van de tent der samenkomst voleind; en de kinderen Israels hadden het gemaakt naar alles, wat de HEERE aan Mozes geboden had; alzo hadden zij het gemaakt.

33 Daarna brachten zij den tabernakel tot Mozes, de tent, en al haar gereedschap, haar haakjes, haar berderen, haar richelen, en haar pilaren, en haar voeten;

34 En het deksel van roodgeverfde ramsvellen, en het deksel van dassenvellen, en den voorhang van het deksel;

35 De ark der getuigenis, en haar handbomen, en het verzoendeksel;

36 De tafel, met al haar gereedschap, en de toonbroden;

37 De louteren kandelaar met zijn lampen, de lampen, die men toerichten moest, en al deszelfs gereedschap, en de olie tot het licht;

38 Verder het gouden altaar, en de zalfolie, en het reukwerk van welriekende specerijen, en het deksel van de deur der tent.

39 Het koperen altaar, en den koperen rooster, dien het heeft, deszelfs handbomen, en al zijn gereedschap; het wasvat en zijn voet;

40 De behangselen des voorhofs, zijn pilaren en zijn voeten, en het deksel van de poort des voorhofs, zijn zelen, en zijn pennen, en al het gereedschap van den dienst des tabernakels, tot de tent der samenkomst;

41 De ambtsklederen, om in het heiligdom te dienen, de heilige klederen van de priester Aaron, en de klederen van zijn zonen, om het priesterambt te bedienen.

42 Naar alles, wat de HEERE aan Mozes geboden had, alzo hadden de kinderen Israels het ganse werk gemaakt.

43 Mozes nu bezag het ganse werk, en ziet, zij hadden het gemaakt, gelijk als de HEERE geboden had; alzo hadden zij het gemaakt. Toen zegende Mozes hen.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#5319

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5319. 'And clothed him in robes of fine linen' means an outward sign denoting the celestial of the spiritual, 'robes of fine linen' being truths going forth from the Divine. This is clear from the meaning of 'robes' as truths, dealt with in 1073, 2576, 4545, 4763, 5248. The reason 'robes of fine linen' means truths going forth from the Divine is that a robe made of fine linen was absolutely white and at the same time shining, and truth going forth from the Divine is represented by robes which have that kind of brightness and splendour. And the reason for this is that heaven derives its brightness and splendour from the light that flows from the Lord; and the light that flows from the Lord is Divine Truth itself, 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 1776, 3195, 3222, 3339, 3485, 3636, 3643, 3862, 4415, 4419, 4526, 5219. This explains why, when the Lord was transfigured before Peter, James, and John, His clothing appeared as the light, Matthew 17:2; glistening, intensely white like snow, as no fuller on earth could bleach them, Mark 9:3; and dazzling, Luke 9:29. It was Divine Truth itself going forth from the Lord's Divine Human that was represented in this manner. But they are exterior truths that are represented in heaven by the brightness of robes, whereas interior truths are represented by the brightness and splendour of the face. This is why 'being clothed in robes of fine linen' at this point means an outward sign denoting truth going forth from the celestial of the spiritual, for this was what the Lord's Divine consisted in at this time.

[2] There are other places too in the Word where truth going forth from the Divine is meant by 'fine linen' and 'robes of fine linen', as in Ezekiel,

I clothed you with embroidered cloth, and shed you with badger, and swathed you in fine linen, and covered you in silk. Thus were you adorned with gold and silver, and your robes were fine linen, and silk, and embroidered cloth. Ezekiel 16:10, 13.

This refers to Jerusalem, which is used in these verses to mean the Ancient Church. The truths of this Church are described by robes made of embroidered cloth, fine linen, and silk, and by being adorned with gold and silver. 'Embroidered cloth' means truths existing as facts, 'fine linen' natural truths, and 'silk' spiritual truths.

[3] In the same prophet,

Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be to you an ensign; violet and purple from the islands of Elishah was your covering. Ezekiel 27:7.

This refers to Tyre, which too is used to mean the Ancient Church, but so far as cognitions of good and truth are concerned. 'Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, which was its sail' means truth obtained from factual knowledge, which was the outward sign of that Church.

[4] In John,

The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over Babylon, since no one buys their wares any more, wares of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of most precious wood, and bronze, and iron, and marble. Revelation 18:11-12.

All the specific commodities mentioned here mean the kinds of things that have to do with the Church and so truth and goodness. Here however they are used in the contrary sense because they are spoken of in reference to Babylon. Anyone may see that such commodities would never have been listed in the Word which has come down from heaven unless each one held something heavenly within it. What other reason can there be for a list of worldly wares when Babylon, meaning an unholy Church, is the subject? Similarly in the same book,

Woe, woe, the great city, you that were clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, covered 1 with gold, and precious stones, and pearls. Revelation 18:16.

[5] The fact that each commodity means something Divine and heavenly is quite evident in the same book where it states what fine linen is, namely the righteous acts of the saints,

The time of the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. At that time she was given fine linen, clean and shining, to wear; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Revelation 19:7-8.

'Fine linen' is 'the righteous acts of the saints' for the reason that all those with whom truth received from the Divine exists are clothed with the Lord's righteousness. For their robes which are bright and shining are products of the light which flows from the Lord. Therefore in heaven truth itself is represented by 'brightness', 3301, 3997, 4007; and people who are being raised to heaven from a state of vastation are seen to be clothed with brightness because they are at this point casting off the robe of their own righteousness and putting on that of the Lord's righteousness.

[6] So that truth from the Divine might be represented in the Jewish Church, they were commanded to use cotton or fine linen in Aaron's vestments, and also in the curtains around the Ark, referred to in Moses as follows,

You shall make in chequered pattern for Aaron a tunic of cotton, and you shall make a turban of cotton. Exodus 28:39.

They made tunics of cotton, the work of a weaver, for Aaron and his sons. Exodus 39:27.

You shall make the Dwelling-place, ten curtains - fine-twined cotton, violet and purple and twice-dyed scarlet. Exodus 26:1; 36:8.

You shall make the court of the Dwelling-place. The hangings for the court shall be of fine-twined cotton. Exodus 27:9, 18; 38:9.

The screen for the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer, violet and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine-twined cotton. Exodus 38:18.

Cotton is fine linen, which they were commanded to use because each object in the Ark and around the Ark, also every detail of Aaron's vestments, were representative of spiritual and celestial realities. From this one may see that a person has only a meagre understanding of the Word if he does not know what such things represent, and scarcely any understanding at all if he thinks that the Word possesses no holiness other than that which presents itself in the letter.

[7] When angels with whom truth from the Divine is present are seen by anyone they are clothed so to speak in fine linen, that is, in shining brightness, as is evident in John where 'a white horse' is referred to,

The One seated on a white horse was clothed in a garment dyed with blood, and His name is called the Word. His armies in heaven were following Him on white horses; they were clothed in fine linen, white and clean. Revelation 19:11, 13-14.

These words show quite plainly that 'fine linen' is an outward sign denoting truth from the Divine, for 'the One seated on a white horse' is the Lord as to the Word; indeed those words state quite explicitly that He is the Word. The Word is truth itself received from the Divine, and 'a white horse' is the internal sense of the Word, see 2760-2762. Consequently truths received from the Divine are meant by 'white horses', for such truths constitute the whole of the internal sense of the Word. This was why His armies were seen 'on white horses' and why 'they were clothed in fine linen, white and clean'.

脚注:

1. literally, gilded

  
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4545. 'And be purified, and change your garments' means the holiness that was to be put on. This is clear from the meaning of 'being purified' or being cleansed as being made holy, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'changing one's garments' as putting on, in this case putting on holy truths, for in the internal sense of the Word truths are meant by 'garments'. It is quite evident that 'changing one's garments' was an accepted representative within the Church, but what that custom represented no one can know unless he knows what 'garments' means in the internal sense - namely truths, see 2576. Because in the internal sense the casting aside of falsities and the arrangement by good of truths within the natural is the subject here, it is therefore recorded that Jacob commanded them to change their garments.

[2] 'Changing their garments' was representative of the need to put on holy truths, as may also be seen from other places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion, put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city, for there will no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean. Isaiah 52:1.

Since 'Zion' means the celestial Church and 'Jerusalem' the spiritual Church, and the celestial Church is that which dwells in good by virtue of its love to the Lord, and the spiritual Church in truth by virtue of its faith and charity, 'strength' is therefore used in reference to Zion, and 'garments' in reference to Jerusalem. And when clothed with these the two are 'clean'.

[3] In Zechariah,

Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and so stood before the angel. And [the angel] answered and said to those standing before him - he said - Remove the filthy garments from upon him. And he said to him, See, I have caused your iniquity to pass away from upon you, by putting on you a change of garments Zechariah 3:3-4.

From this place too it is evident that 'removing garments' and 'putting on a change of garments' represented purification from falsities, for the words 'I have caused your iniquity to pass away from upon you' are used. This also explains why people had changes of garments - which they called simply 'changes', an expression occurring in various places in the Word - because different representations were set forth by means of those changes.

[4] Because the kinds of things mentioned here were represented by changes of garments it is therefore said in Ezekiel, in the description of the new Temple, which in the internal sense means a new Church,

When the priests enter they shall not go out of the holy place to the outer court, but there shall lay aside their garments in which they have ministered, for these are holy, 1 and they shall put on other garments and go near the things which are for the people. Ezekiel 42:14.

And in the same prophet,

When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments, and they shall not sanctify the people in their own garments. 2 Ezekiel 44:19.

[5] Anyone may see that a new temple and the holy city and land which are referred to by the prophet in this chapter, and in the chapters before and after it, are not used to mean any new temple, new city, or new land. For reference is made to sacrifices and religious ceremonies being introduced anew, when in fact these had to be brought to an end; and mention is also made of how the tribes of Israel, referred to by name, were to divide the land among themselves into inheritances, when in fact they were dispersed and never returned to the land. From this it is evident that the religious ceremonies referred to in those chapters mean the spiritual and celestial things constituting the Church. Much the same is meant by Aaron's change of garments when he was going to minister, to offer a burnt offering; in Moses,

He shall put on his linen robe, and linen breeches. He shall place the ashes at the side of the altar. After he takes off his own garments and puts on other garments he shall carry away the ashes to a clean place outside the camp. Leviticus 6:9-12.

This was what he had to do when offering the burnt offering.

[6] As regards 'being cleansed' meaning being made holy, this may be seen from the cleansings that were commanded, such as the command to wash their flesh and their garments, and the command to be sprinkled with the waters of separation. Everyone who knows anything about the spiritual man may also recognize that nobody is made holy by carrying out commands such as these. For what does iniquity or sin have to do with the garments a person is wearing? Yet it is stated several times that after people had cleansed themselves they would be holy. From this it is also evident that such rituals which the Israelites were commanded to carry out were in no way holy except by virtue of their representation of holy things, and that as a consequence people who served as representers did not on that account become holy persons. It was the holiness they represented, quite apart from them as actual persons, that stirred the affections of the spirits present with them, and through these the affections of the angels in heaven, 4307.

[7] For in order that the human race may be kept in being, human beings must of necessity live in communication with heaven; and that communication is effected through the Church. Otherwise human beings would become like animals, lacking any restraints internally or externally, so that all would plunge unchecked into the destruction of others and would annihilate one another. And because in the time of the Israelites no communication through any Church was possible, the Lord therefore provided in an amazing way for a communication to be effected by means of representatives. It is evident from many places in the Word that being made holy was represented by the ritual observance of washing and cleansing, as when Jehovah came down on Mount Sinai and then said to Moses,

Make them holy today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments and be ready on the third day. Exodus 19:10-11.

In Ezekiel,

I will sprinkle clean water over you, and you will be cleansed from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit will I give in the midst of you. Ezekiel 36:25-26.

Here it is plain that 'sprinkling clean water' represented purification of the heart, so that 'being cleansed' means being made holy.

脚注:

1. literally, holiness

2. The Latin means they shall sanctify the people in other garments, but the Hebrew means they shall not sanctify the people in their own garments, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes this verse.

  
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