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1 At gagawa ka ng isang dambana na mapagsusunugan ng kamangyan: na kahoy na akasia iyong gagawin.

2 Isang siko magkakaroon ang haba niyaon, at isang siko ang luwang niyaon; parisukat nga: at dalawang siko magkakaroon ang taas niyaon: ang mga anyong sungay niyaon ay kaputol din.

3 At iyong babalutin ng taganas na ginto ang ibabaw niyaon, at ang mga tagiliran niyaon sa palibot, at ang mga sungay niyaon; at igagawa mo ng isang kornisang ginto sa palibot.

4 At igagawa mo yaon ng dalawang argolyang ginto sa ilalim ng kornisa, sa dakong itaas ng dalawang tagiliran iyong gagawin; at magiging suutan ng mga pingga upang mabuhat.

5 At ang iyong gagawing mga pingga ay kahoy na akasia, at iyong babalutin ng ginto.

6 At iyong ilalagay sa harap ng tabing na nasa siping ng kaban ng patotoo, sa harap ng luklukan ng awa na nasa ibabaw ng kaban ng patotoo, na aking pakikipagtagpuan sa iyo.

7 At magsusunog si Aaron sa ibabaw niyaon ng kamangyan na mababangong espesia: tuwing umaga pagka kaniyang inaayos ang mga ilawan, ay susunugin niya.

8 At pagka sinisindihan ni Aaron ang mga ilawan sa hapon, ay kaniyang susunugin, na isang kamangyang palagi sa harap ng Panginoon, sa buong panahon ng inyong mga lahi.

9 Huwag kayong maghahandog ng ibang kamangyan sa ibabaw niyaon, o ng handog na susunugin, o ng handog na harina man: at huwag kayong magbubuhos ng inuming handog sa ibabaw niyaon.

10 At si Aaron ay tutubos ng sala sa ibabaw ng mga anyong sungay ng dambana, minsan sa isang taon: kaniyang tutubusin sa sala na minsan sa isang taon, ng dugo ng handog dahil sa kasalanan, sa buong panahon ng inyong mga lahi: kabanal-banalan nga sa Panginoon.

11 At ang Panginoon ay nagsalita kay Moises, na sinasabi,

12 Pagbilang mo sa mga anak ni Israel, ayon sa mga nabilang sa kanila ay magbibigay nga ang bawa't isa sa kanila ng katubusan ng kaniyang kaluluwa sa Panginoon, pagka iyong binibilang sila; upang huwag magkaroon ng salot sa gitna nila pagka iyong binibilang sila.

13 Ito ang kanilang ibibigay, bawa't maraanan sa kanila na nangabibilang: kalahati ng isang siklo ayon sa siklo ng santuario: (ang isang siklo ay dalawang pung gera): kalahating siklo na pinakahandog sa Panginoon.

14 Bawa't maraanan sa kanila na nangabibilang, mula sa dalawang pung taong gulang na patanda, ay magbibigay ng handog sa Panginoon.

15 Ang mayaman ay hindi magbibigay ng higit, at ang dukha ay hindi magbibigay ng kulang sa kalahating siklo, pagbibigay nila ng handog sa Panginoon, upang ipangtubos sa inyong mga kaluluwa.

16 At iyong kukunin sa mga anak ni Israel ang pangtubos na salapi, at iyong gugugulin sa paglilingkod sa tabernakulo ng kapisanan; na maging pinakaalaala sa mga anak ni Israel sa harap ng Panginoon, upang ipangtubos sa inyong mga kaluluwa.

17 At ang Panginoon ay nagsalita kay Moises, na sinasabi,

18 Gagawa ka rin ng isang hugasang tanso, at ang tungtungan ay tanso, upang paghugasan: at iyong ilalagay sa gitna ng tabernakulo ng kapisanan at ng dambana at iyong sisidlan ng tubig.

19 At si Aaron at ang kaniyang mga anak ay maghuhugas doon ng kanilang mga paa:

20 Pagka sila'y pumapasok sa tabernakulo ng kapisanan, ay maghuhugas sila ng tubig, upang sila'y huwag mamatay, o pagka sila'y lumalapit sa dambana na mangasiwa, upang magsunog ng handog na pinaraan sa apoy sa Panginoon.

21 Gayon sila maghuhugas ng kanilang mga kamay at ng kanilang mga paa upang huwag silang mamatay: at magiging isang palatuntunan magpakailan man sa kanila, sa kaniya at sa kaniyang binhi, sa buong panahon ng kanilang mga lahi.

22 Bukod dito'y nagsalita ang Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi,

23 Magdala ka rin ng mga pinakamagaling na espesia, ng taganas na mira ay limang daang siklo, at ng mabangong kanela ay kalahati nito, dalawang daan at limang pu; at ng mabangong kalamo ay dalawang daan at limang pu,

24 At ng kasia, limang daan, ayon sa siklo ng santuario, at ng langis ng oliva ay isang hin:

25 At iyong gagawing banal na langis na pangpahid, isang pabangong kinatha ng ayon sa katha ng manggagawa ng pabango: siya ngang magiging banal na langis na pangpahid.

26 At iyong papahiran niyaon ang tabernakulo ng kapisanan, at ang kaban ng patotoo,

27 At ang dulang, at ang lahat ng mga kasangkapan niyaon, at ang kandelero at ang mga kasangkapan niyaon, at ang dambanang suuban.

28 At ang dambana ng handog na susunugin sangpu ng lahat ng mga kasangkapan, at ang hugasan at ang tungtungan.

29 At pakabanalin mo upang maging mga kabanalbanalan: lahat ng makahipo sa mga yao'y magiging banal.

30 At iyong papahiran ng langis si Aaron at ang kaniyang mga anak, at iyong papagbabanalin sila, upang sila'y mangasiwa sa akin sa katungkulang saserdote.

31 At iyong sasalitain sa mga anak ni Israel, na iyong sasabihin, Ito'y magiging banal na langis na pangpahid sa akin sa buong panahon ng iyong mga lahi.

32 Sa laman ng tao ay huwag ninyong ibubuhos, ni huwag kayong gagawa ng gaya niyan sa pagkakatha: banal nga at aariin ninyong banal.

33 Sinomang kumatha ng gaya niyan, o sinomang gumamit niyan sa isang taga ibang lupa, ay ihihiwalay sa kaniyang bayan.

34 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Magdala ka ng mababangong espesia, estacte, at onycha, at galbano; mabangong espesia na may taganas na kamangyan: na magkakaisa ng timbang;

35 At iyong gagawing kamangyan, na isang pabangong ayon sa katha ng manggagawa ng pabango, na tinimplahan ng asin, na pulos at banal;

36 At iyong didikdikin ang iba niyan ng durog na durog at ilalagay mo sa harap ng kaban ng patotoo, sa loob ng tabernakulo ng kapisanan na aking pakikipagtagpuan sa iyo: aariin ninyong kabanalbanalan.

37 At ang kamangyan na inyong gagawin, ayon sa pagkakatha niyan ay huwag ninyong gagawin para sa inyo: aariin mong banal sa Panginoon.

38 Sinomang gumawa ng gaya niyan, upang amuyin ay ihihiwalay sa kaniyang bayan.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#10083

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10083. 'And you shall wave them as a wave offering before Jehovah' means the life from God which comes as a result of this. This is clear from the meaning of 'waving a wave offering' as endowing with life, thus the life [present in something]; and since it says from 'before Jehovah' the life from God is meant. The fact that 'waving a wave offering' means endowing with life, that is, imparting the life from God, is clear from places in the Word where 'waving a wave offering' is spoken of, as in Moses,

When you bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, he shall wave the sheaf before Jehovah, so that you may be acceptable; on the day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. Leviticus 23:10-11.

'Harvest' means a state when the truth of faith springing from good exists, thus a state when good is present, 9295; 'a sheaf of the firstfruits' means all collectively constituting that state. 'Being waved by the priest' therefore means being endowed with life to receive a blessing; for every blessing, to be a blessing, must have life from God within it.

[2] In the same author,

Aaron shall wave the Levites before Jehovah as a wave offering 1 from among the children of Israel, that they may be used in the service of Jehovah. You shall stand the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and you shall wave them as a wave offering to Jehovah. After that the Levites shall go in to serve in the tent of meeting; and you shall purify them, and wave them as a wave offering. And when the Levites had been purified, Aaron waved them before Jehovah as a wave offering, and Aaron expiated them to purify them. Numbers 8:11, 13, 15, 21.

These verses show what 'waving a wave offering' means, namely endowing with life through acknowledgement, which is the first phase of faith, and so the first phase of life from God with a person. Knowledge, it is true, comes before acknowledgement, but knowledge has none of God's life within it until it becomes acknowledgement and then faith. The Levites represented truths serving good, while Aaron represented the good they served; that is why they were 'waved', that is, were endowed with life. This also accounts for its being said that they were to be purified. For truths must have life from God within them if they are to serve good, and that life first flows in through acknowledgement.

[3] Much the same is meant by 'a wave offering of gold' in Moses,

They came, the men with the women ... they brought brooches, nose-jewels, rings, girdles 2 , all vessels of gold; and every man who waved a wave offering of gold to Jehovah. Exodus 35:22.

'Waving a wave offering of gold to Jehovah' means endowing with life through the acknowledgement that it was Jehovah's, that is, the Lord's. 'Waving a wave offering' means such things by virtue of what that action corresponds to; for every motion corresponds to a state of thought. In the Word therefore advancing, travelling on, and like movements mean states of life, see 3335, 4882, 5493, 5605, 8103, 8417, 8420, 8557.

[4] In John,

At the pool of Bethesda lay a large multitude of sick people; and an angel went down at a certain time to the pool and stirred up the water. Then whoever stepped in first after the movement of the water was cured of whatever disease he had. John 5:2-7.

'Stirring up the water' here was in like manner a sign of the endowment of life through acknowledgement and faith, and therefore also a sign of purification by means of truths.

'Movement' means states of life, see 2837, 3356, 3387, 4321, 4882, 5605, 7381, 9440, 9967.

'Water' means the truths of faith, 2702, 3058, 3424, 4976, 8568, 9323.

All purification is accomplished by means of the truths of faith, 2799, 5954 (end), 7044, 7918, 9088.

Healings represented the restoration of spiritual life, 8365, 9031 (end).

[5] Since 'the waving on Aaron's palms' means the endowment of life through acknowledgement of the Lord and the acknowledgement that all things come from Him, something brief must be stated with regard to that acknowledgement and resulting faith. The Lord often said, when sick people were being healed, that they should have faith, and, 'Let it be to you according to your faith', as in Matthew 8:10-13; 9:2, 22, 27-29; 13:57-58; 15:28; 21:21-22, 31-32; Mark 5:34, 36; 10:49, 52; 16:16; Luke 7:9, 48-50; 8:48; 17:19; 18:42-43. The reason why He said it was that the very first thing a person needs to do is to acknowledge that the Lord is the Saviour of the world; for unless he acknowledges this no one can receive any truth or good at all from heaven, or therefore receive faith from there. And since it was the very first and most essential thing, therefore in order that He might be acknowledged when He came into the world the Lord questioned the sick, when He healed them, about their faith; and those who had faith were healed. This faith was that He was the Son of God who was to come into the world, and that He had power to heal and save. Furthermore every healing of sickness by the Lord when He was in the world served to mean a healing of spiritual life, thus served to mean the things that belong to salvation, 8364, 9031(end), 9086.

[6] Since acknowledgement of the Lord is the first thing of all belonging to spiritual life and is the most essential feature of the Church, and since no one, unless he acknowledges Him, can receive any truth of faith or good of love at all from heaven, the Lord also often says that whoever believes in Him has eternal life, and whoever does not believe in Him does not have it, as in John 1:1, 4, 12-13; 3:14-16, 36; 5:39-40; 6:28-30, 33-35, 40, 47-48; 7:37-38; 8:24; 11:25-26; 20:30-31. But at the same time He also teaches that they have faith in Him who live according to His commandments, so that the life which results from doing so goes to compose their faith. These things have been stated to cast light on and corroborate the truth that acknowledging the Lord and acknowledging that all salvation comes from Him constitute the beginning of the life from God with a person. That beginning of it is meant by the offering waved on Aaron's palms.

脚注:

1. i.e. the Levites were to be offered to Jehovah as though they were a wave offering

2. i.e. bracelets, necklaces, etc

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