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Izlazak 25

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1 Jahve reče Mojsiju:

2 "Reci Izraelcima da me darivaju, a vi primajte darove u moju čast od svakoga koji daje od srca.

3 A primajte ove darove: zlato, srebro i tuč;

4 ljubičasto, crveno i tamnocrveno predivo i prepredeni lan;

5 učinjene ovnujske kože, pa fine kože; bagremovo drvo;

6 ulje za svjetlo; mirodije za ulje pomazanja i miomirisno kađenje;

7 oniks i drugo drago kamenje koje će se umetnuti u oplećak i naprsnik.

8 Neka mi sagrade Svetište da mogu boraviti među njima.

9 Pri gradnji Prebivališta i svega u njemu postupi točno prema uzorku koji ti pokažem."

10 "Od bagremova drva neka naprave Kovčeg: dva i po lakta dug, lakat i po širok i lakat i po visok.

11 Okuj ga čistim zlatom, okuj ga izvana i iznutra; a oko njega stavi naokolo završni pojas od zlata.

12 Salij za nj četiri zlatna koluta; prikuj ih za četiri njegove noge; dva koluta s jedne strane, a dva s druge.

13 Od bagremova drva napravi i motke te ih u zlato okuj.

14 Onda provuci motke kroz kolutove sa strana Kovčega da se na njima Kovčeg nosi.

15 Neka motke ostanu u kolutima Kovčega; neka se iz njih ne izvlače.

16 Svjedočanstvo koje ću ti predati - u Kovčeg položi."

17 "Pomirilište napravi također od čistoga zlata. Neka bude dugo dva i pol lakta, a široko lakat i pol.

18 Skuj i dva kerubina od zlata za oba kraja Pomirilišta.

19 Napravi jednoga kerubina za jedan kraj, a drugoga kerubina za drugi kraj. Pričvrsti ih na oba kraja Pomirilišta da s njim sačinjavaju jedan komad.

20 Kerubini neka dignu svoja krila uvis tako da svojim krilima zaklanjaju Pomirilište. Neka budu licem okrenuti jedan prema drugome, ali tako da lica kerubina gledaju u Pomirilište.

21 Stavi na Kovčeg Pomirilište, a u Kovčeg položi ploče Svjedočanstva što ću ti ih dati.

22 Tu ću se ja s tobom sastajati i ozgo ću ti, iznad Pomirilišta - između ona dva kerubina što su na Kovčegu ploča Svjedočanstva - saopćavati sve zapovijedi namijenjene Izraelcima."

23 "Napravi od bagremova drva stol dva lakta dug, lakat širok, a lakat i pol visok.

24 U čisto ga zlato obloži i načini mu naokolo završni pojas od zlata.

25 Naokolo mu načini obrub, podlanicu širok, a onda po obrubu stavi završni pojas od zlata.

26 Nadalje, uspravi mu četiri koluta od zlata pa mu ih pričvrsti na njegova četiri nožna ugla.

27 Neka su kolutovi tik pod obrubom da služe kao kvake motkama za nošenje stola.

28 Motke napravi od bagremova drva i u zlato ih okuj. O njima će se stol nositi.

29 Za nj onda napravi: zdjele, varjače, vrčeve i pehare za izlijevanje prinosa. Načini ih od čistoga zlata.

30 Na stol svagda stavljaj pred moje lice prineseni kruh."

31 "Načini svijećnjak od čistoga zlata. svijećnjak neka bude skovan. Njegovo podnožje, njegov stalak, njegove čaše, čaške i latice - sve neka bude od jednoga komada.

32 Šest krakova neka mu izbija sa strana: tri kraka s jedne strane stalka, a tri kraka s druge strane stalka.

33 Na jednome kraku neka budu tri čaše u obliku bademova cvijeta, svaka s čaškom i laticama. Tako za svih šest krakova što budu izbijali iz stalka svijećnjaka.

34 Na samome svijećnjaku neka budu četiri čaše u obliku bademova cvijeta, svaka s čaškom i laticama.

35 Čaška ispod dva kraka, sačinjavajući jedan komad s njime; onda čaška ispod druga dva kraka, od jednoga komada s njime, pa čaška ispod dva posljednja kraka, od jednoga komada s njime. Tako za svih šest krakova što iz stalka budu izbijali.

36 Njihove čaške i njihovi krakovi sačinjavat će jedan komad s njim - sve skovano u jednome komadu od čistoga zlata.

37 Napravi i sedam svjetiljaka za njih. Svjetiljke neka tako budu postavljene da osvjetljuju prostor sprijeda.

38 Usekači i pepeljare za njih neka su od čistoga zlata.

39 Upotrijebi talenat čistoga zlata za svijećnjak i sav njegov pribor.

40 Pazi! Načini ih prema uzorku koji ti je na brdu pokazan."

   

Okususelwe Emisebenzini kaSwedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #9493

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Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

9493. 'And you shall cast four rings of gold for it' means Divine Truth joined to Divine Good, which lie in every direction round about. This is clear from the meaning of 'rings' as the joining together of good and truth, at this point the joining of Divine Truth to Divine Good, since 'the ark' means heaven where the Lord is, see below in 9496. The reason why the rings were four was that this number means a joining together, 1686, 8877, and the reason why they were made of gold was that 'gold' means good, 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, 6914, good being what truth is joined to, since the good is so to speak the soil and the truth so to speak the seed.

  
Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

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

Okususelwe Emisebenzini kaSwedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #3104

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Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

3104. 'Half a shekel in weight' means the amount needed for the introduction. This is clear from the meaning of 'a shekel', 'half a shekel', and 'weight'. 'A shekel' means the price or valuation of good and truth, and 'half a shekel' a defined amount of it, see 2959. 'Weight' means the state of something as regards good, as will be seen [below]. From these considerations it is evident that 'half a shekel in weight' means and embodies the amount as regards the good which 'a gold nose-jewel' is used to mean - that amount being the quantity of it that was needed for the introduction, as is plain from what comes before and after this point in the story.

[2] That 'weight' is the state of something as regards good is evident from the following places in the Word:

In Ezekiel where the prophet was told to eat food each day twenty shekels in weight, and to drink water in measure the sixth of a hin,

For, behold, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, so that they may eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and drink water by measure and with dismay; that they may be in want of bread and water. Ezekiel 4:10-11, 16-17.

This refers to the vastation of good and truth, which is represented by 'the prophet'. A state of good when vastated is meant by their having to eat food and bread 'by weight', and a state of truth when vastated by their having to drink water 'by measure' - 'bread' meaning that which is celestial, and so good, see 276, 680, 2165, 2177, and 'water' that which is spiritual, and so truth, 739, 2702, 3058. From this it is evident that 'weight' is used in reference to good, and 'measure' to truth.

[3] In the same prophet,

You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. Ezekiel 45:10 and following verses.

This refers to the holy land, by which the Lord's kingdom in heaven is meant, as may be recognized from every detail at this point in this prophet, where what are required are not balances, an ephah, and a bath that are just but the goods and truths meant by those weights and measures.

In Isaiah,

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand and weighed the heavens in [His] palm, and gathered the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in the scales? Isaiah 40:12.

'Weighing the mountains in a balance and the hills in the scares' stands for the truth that the Lord is the source of the heavenly things of love and charity, and that He alone orders the states of these things. For 'the mountains' and 'the hills' referred to in connection with those weights mean the heavenly things of love, see 795, 796, 1430, 2722.

[4] In Daniel,

The writing on the wall of Belshazzar's palace was, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin. This is the interpretation: Mene, God has numbered your kingdom and brought it to an end; Tekel, you have been weighed in the scales and have been found wanting; Peres, your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians. Daniel 5:25-28.

Here 'mene' or 'He has numbered' has reference to truth, but 'tekel' or 'weighed in the scales' to good. Described in the internal sense is the time when the age is drawing to a close.

  
Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

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