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Exodus第26章

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1 καί-C ὁ- A--ASF σκηνή-N1--ASF ποιέω-VF--FAI2S δέκα-M αὐλαία-N1A-APF ἐκ-P βύσσος-N2--GSF κλώθω-VT--XMPGSF καί-C ὑάκινθος-N2--GSF καί-C πορφύρα-N1A-GSF καί-C κόκκινος-A1--GSN κλώθω-VT--XMPGSN χερουβιμ-N---APM ἐργασία-N1A-DSF ὑφάντης-N1M-GSM ποιέω-VF--FAI2S αὐτός- D--APF

2 μῆκος-N3E-NSN ὁ- A--GSF αὐλαία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSF εἷς-A1A-GSF ὀκτώ-M καί-C εἴκοσι-M πῆχυς-N3E-GPM καί-C εὖρος-N2--NSN τέσσαρες-A3--GPM πῆχυς-N3E-GPM ὁ- A--NSF αὐλαία-N1A-NSF ὁ- A--NSF εἷς-A1A-NSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S μέτρον-N2N-NSN ὁ- A--NSN αὐτός- D--NSN εἰμί-VF--FMI3S πᾶς-A1S-DPF ὁ- A--DPF αὐλαία-N1A-DPF

3 πέντε-M δέ-X αὐλαία-N1A-NPF εἰμί-VF--FMI3P ἐκ-P ἀλλήλω- D--GPM ἔχω-V1--PMPNPF ὁ- A--NSF ἕτερος-A1A-NSF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF ἕτερος-A1A-GSF καί-C πέντε-M αὐλαία-N1A-NPF εἰμί-VF--FMI3P συνἔχω-V1--PMPNPF ἕτερος-A1A-NSF ὁ- A--DSF ἕτερος-A1A-DSF

4 καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2S αὐτός- D--DPF ἀγκύλη-N1--APF ὑακίνθινος-A1--APF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN χεῖλος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSF αὐλαία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSF εἷς-A1A-GSF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN εἷς-A3--GSN μέρος-N3E-GSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF συμβολή-N1--ASF καί-C οὕτως-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN χεῖλος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSF αὐλαία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSF ἐξώτερος-A1A-GSF πρός-P ὁ- A--DSF συμβολή-N1--DSF ὁ- A--DSF δεύτερος-A1A-DSF

5 πεντήκοντα-M ἀγκύλη-N1--APF ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--DSF αὐλαία-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--DSF εἷς-A1A-DSF καί-C πεντήκοντα-M ἀγκύλη-N1--APF ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN μέρος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSF αὐλαία-N1A-GSF κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF συμβολή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GSF δεύτερος-A1A-GSF ἀντιπρόσωπος-A1B-NPF ἀντιπίπτω-V1--PAPNPF ἀλλήλω- D--DPF εἰς-P ἕκαστος-A1--ASF

6 καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2S κρίκος-N2--APM πεντήκοντα-M χρυσοῦς-A1C-APM καί-C συνἅπτω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--APF αὐλαία-N1A-APF ἕτερος-A1A-ASF ὁ- A--DSF ἕτερος-A1A-DSF ὁ- A--DPM κρίκος-N2--DPM καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSF σκηνή-N1--NSF εἷς-A1A-NSF

7 καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2S δέρρις-N3I-APF τριχίνας-A1--APF σκέπη-N1--ASF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF ἕνδεκα-M δέρρις-N3I-APF ποιέω-VF--FAI2S αὐτός- D--APF

8 ὁ- A--NSN μῆκος-N3E-NSN ὁ- A--GSF δέρρις-N3I-GSF ὁ- A--GSF εἷς-A1A-GSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S τριάκοντα-M πῆχυς-N3E-GPM καί-C τέσσαρες-A3--GPM πῆχυς-N3E-GPM ὁ- A--NSN εὖρος-N2--NSN ὁ- A--GSF δέρρις-N3I-GSF ὁ- A--GSF εἷς-A1A-GSF μέτρον-N2N-NSN ὁ- A--NSN αὐτός- D--NSN εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--DPF ἕνδεκα-M δέρρις-N3I-DPF

9 καί-C συνἅπτω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--APF πέντε-M δέρρις-N3I-APF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN αὐτός- D--ASN καί-C ὁ- A--APF ἕξ-M δέρρις-N3I-APF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN αὐτός- D--ASN καί-C ἐπιδιπλόω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--ASF δέρρις-N3I-ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἕκτος-A1--ASF κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF

10 καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ἀγκύλη-N1--APF πεντήκοντα-M ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN χεῖλος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSF δέρρις-N3I-GSF ὁ- A--GSF εἷς-A1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSF ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASN κατά-P συμβολή-N1--ASF καί-C πεντήκοντα-M ἀγκύλη-N1--APF ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN χεῖλος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSF δέρρις-N3I-GSF ὁ- A--GSF συνἅπτω-V1--PAPGSF ὁ- A--GSF δεύτερος-A1A-GSF

11 καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2S κρίκος-N2--APM χαλκοῦς-A1C-APM πεντήκοντα-M καί-C συνἅπτω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--APM κρίκος-N2--APM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPF ἀγκύλη-N1--GPF καί-C συνἅπτω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--APF δέρρις-N3I-APF καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S εἷς-A3--NSN

12 καί-C ὑποτίθημι-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--ASN πλεονάζω-V1--PAPASN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF δέρρις-N3I-DPF ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--ASN ἥμισυς-A3U-ASN ὁ- A--GSF δέρρις-N3I-GSF ὁ- A--ASN ὑπολείπω-VP--XMPASN ὑποκαλύπτω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--ASN πλεονάζω-V1--PAPASN ὁ- A--GPF δέρρις-N3I-GPF ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF ὑποκαλύπτω-VF--FAI2S ὀπίσω-P ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF

13 πῆχυς-N3E-ASM ἐκ-P οὗτος- D--GSN καί-C πῆχυς-N3E-ASM ἐκ-P οὗτος- D--GSN ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN ὑπερἔχω-V1--PAPGSN ὁ- A--GPF δέρρις-N3I-GPF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN μῆκος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GPF δέρρις-N3I-GPF ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S συνκαλύπτω-V1--PAPNSN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN πλάγιος-A1A-APN ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF ἔνθεν-D καί-C ἔνθεν-D ἵνα-C καλύπτω-V1--PAS3S

14 καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2S κατακάλυμμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DSF σκηνή-N1--DSF δέρμα-N3M-APN κριός-N2--GPM ἐρυθροδανόω-VM--XPPAPN καί-C ἐπικάλυμμα-N3M-APN δέρμα-N3M-APN ὑακίνθινος-A1--APN ἐπάνωθεν-D

15 καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2S στῦλος-N2--APM ὁ- A--DSF σκηνή-N1--DSF ἐκ-P ξύλον-N2N-GPN ἄσηπτος-A1B-GPN

16 δέκα-M πῆχυς-N3E-GPM ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--ASM στῦλος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASM εἷς-A3--ASM καί-C πῆχυς-N3E-GSM εἷς-A3--GSM καί-C ἥμισυς-A3U-GSM ὁ- A--ASN πλάτος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--GSM στῦλος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM εἷς-A3--GSM

17 δύο-M ἀγκωνίσκος-N2--APM ὁ- A--DSM στῦλος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM εἷς-A3--DSM ἀντιπίπτω-V1--PAPAPM ἕτερος-A1A-ASM ὁ- A--DSM ἕτερος-A1A-DSM οὕτως-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2S πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM στῦλος-N2--DPM ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF

18 καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2S στῦλος-N2--APM ὁ- A--DSF σκηνή-N1--DSF εἴκοσι-M στῦλος-N2--APM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN κλίτος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSN πρός-P βορέας-N1T-ASM

19 καί-C τεσσαράκοντα-M βάσις-N3I-APF ἀργυροῦς-A1C-APF ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--DPM εἴκοσι-M στῦλος-N2--DPM δύο-M βάσις-N3I-NPF ὁ- A--DSM στῦλος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM εἷς-A3--DSM εἰς-P ἀμφότεροι-A1A-APN ὁ- A--APN μέρος-N3E-APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C δύο-M βάσις-N3I-NPF ὁ- A--DSM στῦλος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM εἷς-A3--DSM εἰς-P ἀμφότεροι-A1A-APN ὁ- A--APN μέρος-N3E-APN αὐτός- D--GSM

20 καί-C ὁ- A--ASN κλίτος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--ASN δεύτερος-A1A-ASN ὁ- A--ASN πρός-P νότος-N2--ASM εἴκοσι-M στῦλος-N2--APM

21 καί-C τεσσαράκοντα-M βάσις-N3I-APF αὐτός- D--GPM ἀργυροῦς-A1C-APF δύο-M βάσις-N3I-APF ὁ- A--DSM στῦλος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM εἷς-A3--DSM εἰς-P ἀμφότεροι-A1A-APN ὁ- A--APN μέρος-N3E-APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C δύο-M βάσις-N3I-APF ὁ- A--DSM στῦλος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM εἷς-A3--DSM εἰς-P ἀμφότεροι-A1A-APN ὁ- A--APN μέρος-N3E-APN αὐτός- D--GSM

22 καί-C ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPM ὀπίσω-P ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF κατά-P ὁ- A--ASN μέρος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--ASN πρός-P θάλασσα-N1S-ASF ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ἕξ-M στῦλος-N2--APM

23 καί-C δύο-M στῦλος-N2--APM ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPF γωνία-N1A-GPF ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPN ὀπίσθιος-A1A-GPN

24 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐκ-P ἴσος-A1--GSN κάτωθεν-D κατά-P ὁ- A--ASN αὐτός- D--ASN εἰμί-VF--FMI3P ἴσος-A1--NPM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPF κεφαλίς-N3D-GPF εἰς-P σύμβλησις-N3--ASF εἷς-A1A-ASF οὕτως-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ἀμφότεροι-A1A-DPF ὁ- A--DPF δύο-M---DPF γωνία-N1A-DPF εἰμί-V9--PAD3P

25 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3P ὀκτώ-M στῦλος-N2--NPM καί-C ὁ- A--NPF βάσις-N3I-NPF αὐτός- D--GPM ἀργυροῦς-A1C-NPF δέκα-M ἕξ-M δύο-M βάσις-N3I-NPF ὁ- A--DSM στῦλος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM εἷς-A3--DSM εἰς-P ἀμφότεροι-A1A-APN ὁ- A--APN μέρος-N3E-APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C δύο-M βάσις-N3I-NPF ὁ- A--DSM στῦλος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM εἷς-A3--DSM

26 καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2S μοχλός-N2--APM ἐκ-P ξύλον-N2N-GPN ἄσηπτος-A1B-GPN πέντε-M ὁ- A--DSM εἷς-A3--DSM στῦλος-N2--DSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN εἷς-A3--GSN μέρος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF

27 καί-C πέντε-M μοχλός-N2--APM ὁ- A--DSM στῦλος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSN κλίτος-N3E-DSN ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--DSN δεύτερος-A1A-DSN καί-C πέντε-M μοχλός-N2--APM ὁ- A--DSM στῦλος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM ὀπίσθιος-A1A-DSM ὁ- A--DSN κλίτος-N3E-DSN ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--DSN πρός-P θάλασσα-N1S-ASF

28 καί-C ὁ- A--NSM μοχλός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM μέσος-A1--NSM ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GPM στῦλος-N2--GPM διαἱκνέομαι-V2--PMD3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN εἷς-A3--GSN κλίτος-N3E-GSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN ἕτερος-A1A-ASN κλίτος-N3E-ASN

29 καί-C ὁ- A--APM στῦλος-N2--APM καταχρυσόω-VF--FAI2S χρυσίον-N2N-DSN καί-C ὁ- A--APM δακτύλιος-N2--APM ποιέω-VF--FAI2S χρυσοῦς-A1C-APM εἰς-P ὅς- --APM εἰςἄγω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--APM μοχλός-N2--APM καί-C καταχρυσόω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--APM μοχλός-N2--APM χρυσίον-N2N-DSN

30 καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--ASF σκηνή-N1--ASF κατά-P ὁ- A--ASN εἶδος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--ASN δεικνύω-VK--XMPASN σύ- P--DS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ὄρος-N3E-DSN

31 καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2S καταπέτασμα-N3M-ASN ἐκ-P ὑάκινθος-N2--GSF καί-C πορφύρα-N1A-GSF καί-C κόκκινος-A1--GSN κλώθω-VT--XMPGSN καί-C βύσσος-N2--GSF νήθω-VT--XMPGSF ἔργον-N2N-ASN ὑφαντός-A1--ASN ποιέω-VF--FAI2S αὐτός- D--ASN χερουβιμ-N---APM

32 καί-C ἐπιτίθημι-VF--FAI2S αὐτός- D--ASN ἐπί-P τέσσαρες-A3--GPM στῦλος-N2--GPM ἄσηπτος-A1B-GPM χρυσόω-VM--XPPGPM χρυσίον-N2N-DSN καί-C ὁ- A--NPF κεφαλίς-N3D-NPF αὐτός- D--GPM χρυσοῦς-A1C-NPF καί-C ὁ- A--NPF βάσις-N3I-NPF αὐτός- D--GPM τέσσαρες-A3--NPF ἀργυροῦς-A1C-NPF

33 καί-C τίθημι-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--ASN καταπέτασμα-N3M-ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM στῦλος-N2--APM καί-C εἰςφέρω-VF--FAI2S ἐκεῖ-D ἐσώτερον-P ὁ- A--GSN καταπέτασμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--ASF κιβωτός-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSN μαρτύριον-N2N-GSN καί-C διαὁρίζω-VF2-FAI3S ὁ- A--ASN καταπέτασμα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--DP ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GSM ἅγιος-A1A-GSM καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GSM ἅγιος-A1A-GSM ὁ- A--GPM ἅγιος-A1A-GPM

34 καί-C κατακαλύπτω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--DSN καταπέτασμα-N3M-DSN ὁ- A--ASF κιβωτός-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSN μαρτύριον-N2N-GSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM ἅγιος-A1A-DSM ὁ- A--GPM ἅγιος-A1A-GPM

35 καί-C τίθημι-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--ASF τράπεζα-N1S-ASF ἔξωθεν-D ὁ- A--GSN καταπέτασμα-N3M-GSN καί-C ὁ- A--ASF λυχνία-N1A-ASF ἀπέναντι-P ὁ- A--GSF τράπεζα-N1S-GSF ἐπί-P μέρος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--ASN πρός-P νότος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF τράπεζα-N1S-ASF τίθημι-VF--FAI2S ἐπί-P μέρος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--ASN πρός-P βορέας-N1T-ASM

36 καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ἐπίσπαστρον-N2N-ASN ἐκ-P ὑάκινθος-N2--GSF καί-C πορφύρα-N1A-GSF καί-C κόκκινος-A1--GSN κλώθω-VT--XMPGSN καί-C βύσσος-N2--GSF κλώθω-VT--XMPGSF ἔργον-N2N-ASN ποικιλτής-N1M-GSM

37 καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--DSN καταπέτασμα-N3M-DSN πέντε-M στῦλος-N2--APM καί-C χρυσόω-VF--FAI2S αὐτός- D--APM χρυσίον-N2N-DSN καί-C ὁ- A--NPF κεφαλίς-N3D-NPF αὐτός- D--GPM χρυσοῦς-A1C-NPF καί-C χωνεύω-VF--FAI2S αὐτός- D--DPM πέντε-M βάσις-N3I-APF χαλκοῦς-A1C-APF

   

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Arcana Coelestia#9471

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9471. 'And skins of red rams, and skins of badgers' means the external truths and forms of good that contain them. This is clear from the meaning of 'skins' as external things, dealt with in 3540; from the meaning of 'rams' as the spiritual realities that belong to truth, dealt with in 2830, 4170; from the meaning of 'red' as good, dealt with in 3300, so that 'skins of red rams' are external truths emanating from good; and from the meaning of 'badgers' as forms of good. This meaning of 'badgers' is clear from the consideration that when truth is spoken of in the Word so too is good, on account of the heavenly marriage of truth and good, 9263, 9314; and therefore, since 'skins of red rams' means external truths emanating from good, 'skins of badgers' means actual forms of good. The reason why these truths and forms of good serve as containers is that all external things contain internal ones, as is also evident here from the use of those very skins, in that they served as coverings, the things covered by the badgers' skins being holier than those covered by the rams' skins, Exodus 26:14; Numbers 4:6, 8, 10-12, 14.

  
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Arcana Coelestia#3540

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3540. 'And she put the skins of the kids of the she-goats' means the external truths clothing homeborn good. This is clear from the meaning of 'skins' as external things, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'the kids of the she-goats', coming as they did from the flock bred within the homestead, as the truths which clothe homeborn good, dealt with in 3518, 3519, where it is also evident what homeborn good is and what truths from that source are. Any good whatever has its own truths, and any truths whatever have their own good. And they must be joined together - good to truths - if anything at all is to exist. The reason why 'skins' means external things is that the skin is the outer covering of an animal to which its exterior parts extend, even as the skin or the cuticles is such with a human being. The latter receives its spiritual meaning from what is representative in the next life, where there are people who belong to the province of the skin. These will in the Lord's Divine mercy be described at the ends of chapters below where the Grand Man will be presented as a separate subject. They are people in whom none but external good and the truths which go with this are present. This is why the skin, human or animal, means things that are external. The same is also evident from the Word, as in Jeremiah,

On account of the greatness of your iniquity your skirts have been uncovered, your heels have suffered violence. Can the Ethiopian change his skin and the leopard its spots? Also are you able to do good, having been taught to do evil? Jeremiah 13:22-23.

Here 'skirts' means external truths, 'heels' the lowest goods - 'the heel' and 'shoes' being the lowest natural things, see 259, 1748. And because those truths and goods, as it is said, spring from evil, they are compared to an 'Ethiopian', who was black, and his 'skin', and also to 'a leopard and its spots'.

[2] In Moses,

If you take your neighbour's clothing as a pledge you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down; for this is his only covering; it is his clothing for his skin, in which he will lie down. Exodus 22:26-27.

Inasmuch as all the laws contained in the Word, including civil and judicial ones, have a correspondence with laws in heaven concerning what is good and true, and from this correspondence came to be laid down, so it was with the law just quoted. For why else would it have ever been laid down that they were to restore clothing that had been pledged before the sun went down, and why else is it said that 'it is his clothing for his skin, in which he lies down'? The correspondence is evident from the internal sense, which is that people were not to cheat their neighbour of external truths, which are the matters of doctrine by which they conduct their lives, and also religious observances - 'clothing' meaning such truths, see 297, 1073, 2576, and 'the sun' the good of love or of life that ensues from those truths, 1529, 1530, 2441, 2495. The prevention of that good from perishing is meant by the statement about the restoration of the pledge before the sun went down. And since the things laid down in those laws are the external coverings of interior things, or the outermost aspects of these, the words 'his clothing for his skin in which he lies down' are used.

[3] Because 'skins' meant external things it was commanded that there should be for the tent a covering made of red ram skins and over that a covering of badger skins, Exodus 26:14. For the tent was representative of the three heavens, and so of the celestial and spiritual things of the Lord's kingdom. The curtains enveloping it represented natural things, which are external, 3478; and these are the ram skins and the badger skins. And since external things are those which cover internal, or natural things are those which cover spiritual and celestial, in the way that the body does the soul, that command was therefore given. It was for a like reason commanded that when the camp was on the move Aaron and his sons were to cover the ark of the testimony with the veil and were to place a badger-skin covering over it. And over the table and what was on it they were to spread a twice-dyed scarlet cloth and then cover that with a badger-skin covering. They were likewise required to place the lampstand and all its vessels under a covering made of badger skin - also all the vessels for ministering they were to place under a violet cloth, and then cover them with a badger-skin covering, Numbers 4:5-6, 8, 10-12. Anyone who thinks about the Word in a devout way may see that Divine things were represented by all these objects, such as the ark, the table, the lampstand, and the vessels for ministering, also the coverings of twice-dyed scarlet and of violet, as well as the coverings of badger skin, and that these objects represented Divine things contained within external ones.

[4] Because the prophets represented those who teach, and therefore represented teaching from the Word concerning what is good and true, 2534; and because Elijah represented the Word itself, 2762, as also did John, who for that reason is called the Elijah who is to come, Matthew 17:10-13; and in order that these might represent the nature of the Word in its external form, that is, in the letter,

Elijah wore a skin girdle around his loins. 2 Kings 1:8. And John had a garment of camel hair and a skin girdle around his waist. Matthew 3:4.

Because animal 'skin' and human 'skin' means external things, which in relation to spiritual and celestial are natural things, and because it was customary in the Ancient Church to speak and to write by means of meaningful signs, reference is also made to both types of skin, and with the same meaning, in Job, a book of the Ancient Church. This becomes clear from a number of places in that book, including the following,

I know my Redeemer; He is alive; and at the last He will rise above the dust; and afterwards these things will be encompassed by my skin, and out of my flesh shall I see God. Job 19:25-26.

'Encompassed by skin' stands for the natural as it exists with someone after he has died, dealt with in 3539. 'Out of one's flesh seeing God' is doing so from a proprium made alive. For the proprium is meant by 'flesh', see 148, 149, 780; and the Book of Job is a book of the Ancient Church, a fact which is evident, as has been stated, from its style which draws on representatives and meaningful signs. It is not however one of the books called the Law and the Prophets, the reason being that it has no internal sense in which the one subject is the Lord and His kingdom. For it is this alone that determines whether any book is a Book of the true Word.

  
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