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Esekiel第41章

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1 Så førte han mig til det Hellige, og han målte pilarene: de var seks alen brede på den ene og seks alen brede på den andre side - det var teltets bredde.

2 Døren var ti alen bred, og sideveggene ved døren var fem alen på hver side; og han målte dets* lengde: den var firti alen, og bredden: den var tyve alen. / {* det Helliges; ESK 41, 1.}

3 Så gikk han innenfor* og målte dørens pilarer: de holdt to alen, og døren: den holdt seks alen, og dørens bredde: den var syv alen. / {* i det Aller-helligste; ESK 41, 4.}

4 Og han målte dets lengde: den var tyve alen, og bredden: den var tyve alen, like mot templet*, og han sa til mig: Dette er det Aller-helligste. / {* d.e. det Hellige; ESK 41, 1.}

5 Så målte han husets vegg: den var seks alen, og sidekammernes bredde: den var fire alen, rundt omkring hele huset.

6 Og sidekammerne lå, kammer ved kammer, i tre stokkverk, tretti i hvert stokkverk, og de nådde til den vegg som huset hadde mot sidekammerne rundt omkring, så de var festet; men de var ikke festet til husets vegg.

7 Og bredden på sidekammerne tiltok rundt omkring, jo høiere en kom op; for bygningen om huset gikk høiere og høiere op rundt omkring huset. Derfor var bredden mot huset større oventil, og fra det nederste stokkverk steg en op i det øverste gjennem det midterste.

8 Og jeg så at huset hadde en forhøining rundt omkring; sidekammernes grunnvoller var en hel stang, seks alen til kanten.

9 Bredden av den vegg sidekammerne hadde utad, var fem alen, og den frie plass mellem husets sidekammere

10 og de andre kammer hadde en bredde av tyve alen rundt omkring hele huset.

11 Og sidekammernes dører vendte ut mot den frie plass, én dør mot nord og én dør mot syd, og bredden av den frie plass var fem alen rundt omkring.

12 Og den bygning som lå imot den avsondrede plass på vestsiden, var sytti alen bred, og bygningens vegg var fem alen i bredde rundt omkring, og dens lengde var nitti alen.

13 Så målte han huset: det var hundre alen langt, og den avsondrede plass og bygningen med dens vegger var hundre alen i lengde.

14 Og bredden av husets forside og den avsondrede plass mot øst var hundre alen.

15 Og han målte lengden av bygningen mot den avsondrede plass, den bygning som lå på dens bakside, og dens svalganger på begge sider: det var hundre alen; likeså det indre tempel og forgårdens haller.

16 Dørtresklene og vinduene med fast gitter og svalgangene rundt omkring i deres tredobbelte stokkverk - ovenfor dørtreskelen var det et panel av tre rundt omkring, og jorden nådde op til vinduene, og vinduene var dekket -

17 og rummet over dørene og rummet inn til det indre hus og utadtil og på hele veggen rundt omkring, innvendig og utvendig, alt var efter mål.

18 Og det var gjort kjeruber og palmer, én palme mellem to kjeruber, og kjerubene hadde to ansikter,

19 et menneskes ansikt mot palmen på den ene side og en ung løves ansikt mot palmen på den andre side; således var det gjort på hele huset rundt omkring.

20 Fra jorden til ovenfor døren var det gjort kjeruber og palmer, på templets* vegg. / {* det Helliges.}

21 Templet* hadde firkantede dørstolper, og fremsiden på helligdommen** hadde samme utseende. / {* det Hellige.} / {** det Aller-helligste.}

22 Alteret* var av tre, tre alen høit og to alen langt, og det hadde sine hjørner, og langsiden og veggene var av tre; og han talte til mig og sa: Dette er bordet som står for Herrens åsyn. / {* d.e. røkofferalteret.}

23 Og templet og helligdommen hadde to dører.

24 Og dørene hadde to fløier, to bevegelige dørfløier; den ene dør hadde to fløier og likeså den andre.

25 Og på dem, på templets dører, var det gjort kjeruber og palmer, likesom de som var gjort på veggene; og det var en tverrbjelke av tre foran forhallen utentil.

26 Og det var vinduer med fast gitter og palmer på forhallens sidevegger, på begge sider, og i husets sidekammere og på tverrbjelkene.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#9487

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9487. 'Two cubits and a half shall be its length' means all so far as good is concerned. This is clear from the meaning of 'two and a half' as much and as what is complete, and as all when this number has reference to something Divine (the reason why 'two and a half' means much and what is complete is that this number is similar in meaning to five, ten, a hundred, and a thousand, since twice two and a half makes five, twice five makes ten, and ten times ten makes a hundred; for doubles and multiples have a similar meaning to the simple numbers of which they are the products, 5291, 5335, 5708, 7973. For the meaning of 'five' as much and completeness, see 5708, 5956, 9102; likewise 'ten', 3107, 4638; also 'a hundred', 2636, 4400; and a thousand, 2575, 8715. So it is that when these numbers are used in reference to something Divine they mean all); and from the meaning of 'length' as good, dealt with in 1613, 8898.

[2] To say that 'length' in the Word means good and 'breadth' truth may seem to be like nonsense; nevertheless this is indeed what they mean. The reason why they do so is that all things without exception in the Word mean realities such as belong to heaven and to the Church, and so such as are connected with the good of love and with the truth of faith. No spatial dimensions such as 'length' and 'breadth' imply can be attributed to these; but instead of spatial dimensions the state of their essential being (esse), which is a state of good, and the resulting state of manifestation (existere), which is a state of truth, can be attributed to them. Furthermore in heaven spatial dimensions are appearances produced by those states, 4882, 9440. From all this it becomes clear that spiritual realities are meant by the measurements and dimensions given in Chapters 40-48 of Ezekiel, where a new temple and a new land are the subject. They are consequently meant here in Exodus, where the ark, the dwelling-place, the court, the tables there, and the altars are the subject. Such realities are in a similar way meant where the temple in Jerusalem is the subject, also when it says that the holy Jerusalem coming down from heaven was square, its breadth being as great as its length, Revelation 21:16; Zechariah 2:1-2. For 'Jerusalem' means a new Church, the character of its good being meant by the measurement of its length, and the character of its truth by that of its breadth.

[3] The fact that 'breadth' or 'broad place' means truth is plainly evident in David,

In distress I called on Jah; He answered me in a broad place. Psalms 118:5.

In the same author,

You have made my feet stand in a broad place. Psalms 31:8.

In Isaiah,

The outstretchings of Asshur's wings will fill the breadth of the land. Isaiah 8:8.

In Habakkuk,

I am rousing the Chaldeans, a bitter and hasty nation, marching 1 into the breadths of the earth. Habakkuk 1:6.

'Marching into the breadths of the earth', when said of the Chaldeans, means destroying the truths of faith.

脚注:

1. literally, walking

  
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Arcana Coelestia#7973

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7973. 'Around six hundred thousand men on foot' means all aspects of the truth and good of faith in their entirety. This is clear from the meaning of the number 'six hundred thousand' as all aspects of faith in their entirety, for this number is a multiple of six and also of twelve, and 'twelve' means all aspects of faith and charity, 577, 2089, 2129 (end), 2130 (end), 3272, 3858, 3913. This is why Jacob's sons were twelve in number, why their descendants were divided into the same number of tribes, and also why the Lord chose twelve disciples, that is to say, in order that they might represent all aspects of faith and charity. Regarding the tribes, see 3858, 3862, 3926, 3979, 4060, 6335, 6737, 6640, 7876, 7891; and regarding the disciples, 3354, 3488, 5858 (end), 6397.

[2] At this point 'six hundred thousand' has a similar meaning because a larger or smaller number that is a multiple or a factor carries a meaning similar to that of the simple numbers that are being multiplied or divided, 5291, 5335, 5708. This is plainly evident from the number twelve. Whether this is divided into six or multiplied into seventy-two, 144 (which is twelve twelves), 12000, or 144000, the meaning is similar, as with 144000 in John,

I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of Israel - out of each tribe twelve thousand. Revelation 7:4-5 and following verses.

Here 'the children of Israel' is not used to mean the children of Israel, 'tribes' the tribes, or 'the number' a number, but to mean the kinds of things contained in the internal sense, namely all aspects of faith and charity. Each tribe in particular accordingly means one kind or one group, in keeping with the explanations at Genesis 29, 30.

[3] Similarly with the following in the same author,

Behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144000, having His Father's name written on their foreheads. They were singing a new song before the throne, and no one could learn the song except 144000 bought from the earth. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were bought from men (homo), being the first fruits to God and the Lamb. Revelation 14:1, 3-4.

From this description it is evident that those governed by charity are meant by 144000. It is also evident that the sole purpose of this number is to indicate the state and its essential nature. That number is similar to twelve in what it indicates, for it is the product of 12000 and it multiplied.

[4] It is similar with the smaller number 144, Which is twelve times twelve, in the same author,

He measured the wall of the holy Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven, 144 cubits, which is the measure of a man (homo), that is, of an angel. Revelation 21:2, 17.

'The wall of the holy Jerusalem' is not in the spiritual sense a wall; instead it is the truth of faith defending things of the Church, see 6419; and this also is why it is said to have been '144 cubits'. It is plainly evident that such must be meant, since it says 'it is the measure of a man, that is, of an angel'. 'Man' and 'angel' mean every aspect of the truth and good of faith.

[5] The same is also evident from the twelve precious stones that the foundation of the wall consisted of, and from the twelve gates, each of which was a pearl, Revelation 21:19-21. For by 'precious stones' truths of faith that spring from the good of charity are meant, 643, 3720, 6426, and similarly by 'gate' and also by 'pearl'. From this it is now clear that a smaller or larger number carries a meaning similar to the simple number that is divided or multiplied. As regards the fact that all numbers in the Word mean spiritual things, see 481, 487, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 1988, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4164, 4495, 4670, 5265.

[6] From these considerations one may now see that the number 'six hundred thousand' men going out of Egypt also means such things. But scarcely anyone is able to believe that such are meant by this number because it refers to a historical event; and any historical event fixes the mind all the time on the external sense and draws it away from the internal sense. Nevertheless that number too means such spiritual things, for there is not a part of a word, not even indeed one jot or one tittle in the Word, that is not in itself holy, because it holds what is holy within it. Anyone at all can see that there is nothing holy about a merely historical event.

  
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