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1 IL Signore parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo: Vedi, io ho chiamato per nome Besaleel,

2 figliuol di Uri, figliuol di Hur, della tribù di Giuda.

3 E l’ho ripieno dello spirito di Dio, in industria, e in ingegno, e in sapere, e in ogni artificio;

4 per far disegni da lavorare in oro, e in argento, e in rame;

5 e in arte di pietre da legare, e in arte di lavorar di legno, in qualunque lavorio.

6 Ed ecco, io gli ho aggiunto Oholiab, figliuol di Ahisamac, della tribù di Dan. Io ho oltre a ciò messa industria nell’animo d’ogni uomo industrioso, acciocchè facciano tutte le cose che io ti ho comandate.

7 Il Tabernacolo della convenenza, e l’Arca per la Testimonianza, e il Coperchio che ha da esser sopra essa, e tutti gli arredi del Tabernacolo.

8 E la Tavola, e i suoi strumenti; e il Candelliere puro, e tutti i suoi strumenti; e l’Altar de’ profumi.

9 E l’Altar degli olocausti, e tutti i suoi strumenti; e la Conca, e il suo piede.

10 E i vestimenti del servigio divino, e i vestimenti sacri del Sacerdote Aaronne, e i vestimenti dei suoi figliuoli, per esercitare il sacerdozio.

11 E l’olio dell’Unzione, e il profumo degli aromati per lo Santuario. Facciano interamente com’io ti ho comandato.

12 IL Signore parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo:

13 E tu, parla a’ figliuoli di Israele, dicendo: Tuttavia osservate i miei Sabati; perciocchè il Sabato è un segnale fra me e voi, per le vostre età; acciocchè voi conosciate ch’io sono il Signore che vi santifico.

14 Osservate adunque il Sabato; perciocchè egli vi è un giorno santo; chiunque lo profanerà del tutto sia fatto morire; perciocchè qualunque persona farà in esso alcun lavoro, sarà ricisa d’infra i suoi popoli.

15 Lavorisi sei giorni, ma al settimo giorno è il Sabato del riposo, giorno sacro al Signore; chiunque farà lavoro alcuno nel giorno del Sabato, del tutto sia fatto morire.

16 Osservino adunque i figliuoli d’Israele il Sabato, per celebrarlo per le loro età, per patto perpetuo.

17 Esso è un segnale perpetuo fra me e i figliuoli d’Israele; conciossiachè il Signore abbia in sei giorni fatto il cielo e la terra; e nel settimo giorno cessò, e si riposò.

18 E dopo che il Signore ebbe finito di parlar con Mosè in sul monte di Sinai, egli gli diede le due Tavole della Testimonianza, Tavole di pietra, scritte col dito di Dio.

   


To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.

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Arcana Coelestia#4198

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4198. 'And Mizpah, for he said, Let Jehovah watch between me and you' means the presence of the Lord's Divine Natural, that is to say, within the good that 'Laban' represents now. This is clear from the meaning of 'watching' or keeping watch as presence, for one who keeps watch on another, or sees him from high up in a watchtower, is present with his sense of sight with him below. What is more, when used in reference to the Lord, 'seeing' means Foresight and Providence, 2837, 2839, 3686, 3854, 3863, and so presence too, but through Foresight and Providence.

[2] As regards the Lord's presence, the Lord is present with everyone, yet only to the extent He is received; for all receive their life from the Lord alone. The life in people who receive His presence within good and truth is the life of intelligence and wisdom, whereas the life of those who do not receive His presence within good and truth but within evil and falsity is the life of insanity and foolishness. All the same, the latter have the capacity to be intelligent and wise. The fact that they do have that capacity is shown by their knowing how to counterfeit and imitate the outward appearance of what is good and true and to win people over by means of that outward appearance. This would not be possible if they did not have that capacity. The nature of the presence is meant by 'Mizpah', at this point the nature of it with those whose works are inherently good, that is, with the gentiles, who are represented here by 'Laban'. Indeed the name Mizpah in the original language is derived from the verb 'to watch'.

  
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Arcana Coelestia#886

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886. That 'olive' means the good that stems from charity is clear not only from the meaning of 'olive' but also from the meaning of 'oil' in the Word. Olive oil in addition to spices was used to anoint priests and kings, and it was also used in the lamps. Concerning the former, see Exodus 30:24, and the latter, Exodus 27:20. The reason olive oil was used in anointing and in lamps was that it represented everything celestial and so everything good that stems from love and charity. Oil is in fact the essential element of the tree, its soul so to speak, as the celestial or the good that stems from love and charity is the essential element or soul itself of faith. This is the origin of its representation. That 'oil' means that which is celestial or the good that stems from love and charity may be confirmed from many places in the Word, but since the olive itself is referred to here, let some that confirm the meaning solely of the olive be quoted. In Jeremiah,

Jehovah called your name, Green Olive Tree, fair with shapely fruit. Jeremiah 11:16.

The name given here applies to the Most Ancient or celestial Church, which was the basis of the Jewish Church. Consequently all the representatives of the Jewish Church had regard to celestial things, and through the latter to the Lord.

[2] In Hosea,

His branches will go out and his beauty will be like the olive, and his smell like that of Lebanon. Hosea 14:6.

This refers to the Church that is to be established. Its beauty is 'the olive', that is, the good that stems from love and charity, while 'the smell like that of Lebanon' is resulting affection for the truth of faith. 'Lebanon' stands for its cedars, which meant spiritual things, or the truths of faith.

In Zechariah,

Two olive trees beside the lampstand, one on the right of the bowl and one on the left of it. These are the two sons of pure oil, standing beside the Lord of the whole earth. Zechariah 4:3, 11, 14.

Here 'the two olive trees' stands for the celestial and the spiritual, and so for love which belongs to the celestial Church and for charity which belongs to the spiritual Church. These stand to the right and to the left of the Lord. 'The lampstand' here means the Lord, just as it used to represent Him in the Jewish Church. 'The lamps' are celestial things from which spiritual things radiate like rays of light, or light itself, from a flame. In David,

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine on the sides of your house, your sons will be like olive shoots. Psalms 128:3.

Here 'a wife like a vine' stands for the spiritual Church, and 'sons' stands for the truths of faith which are called 'olive shoots' because they stem from the goods of charity. In Isaiah,

Gleanings will be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries on the top of the [highest] branch. Isaiah 17:6.

This refers to the remnants residing with a person. 'Olives' stands for celestial remnants. In Micah,

You will tread olives but not anoint yourself with oil, and tread the new wine but not drink wine. Micah 6:15.

And in Moses,

You will plant and dress vineyards but not drink wine. You will have olive trees within all your borders but not anoint yourself with oil. Deuteronomy 28:39-40.

The subject here is the abundance of doctrinal detail concerning the goods and truths of faith which they rejected because of the kind of people they were. From these quotations it becomes clear that 'a leaf' means the truth of faith and 'olive' the good that stems from charity. And similar things are meant by 'the olive leaf which the dove was carrying in its mouth', that is, a small measure of the truth of faith deriving from the good that stems from charity was now showing itself with the member of the Ancient Church.

  
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