10327. THE INTERNAL SENSE.
Verses 1-11. And Jehovah spoke unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in intelligence, and in knowledge, and in all work; to think thoughts, to make in gold, and in silver, and in brass; and in graving of stone for filling, and in carving of wood, to do in all work. And I, behold I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of everyone that is wise in heart I have put wisdom; and they shall make all that I have commanded thee: the Tent of meeting, and the ark for the Testimony, and the propitiatory that is thereupon, and all the vessels of the Tent; and the table and its vessels, and the pure lampstand and all its vessels, and the altar of incense; and the altar of burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base; and the garments of the ministry, and the garments of holiness for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office; and the oil of anointing, and the incense of spices for the holy; according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. "And Jehovah spoke unto Moses, saying" signifies enlightenment and perception by the Lord through the Word; "See, I have called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah" signifies those who are in the good of love, with whom the church was to be set up; "and I have filled him with the spirit of God" signifies influx and enlightenment from the Divine truth which is from the Divine good; "in wisdom, and in intelligence, and in knowledge, and in all work" signifies in respect to those things which are of the will and which are of the understanding in the internal and in the external man; "to think thoughts, to do in gold, and in silver, and in brass" signifies to represent goods and truths interior and exterior which are of the understanding from the will, thus which are of faith from love; "and in graving of stone for filling" signifies to represent all things of faith that are of service to the good of love; "and in carving of wood, to do in all work" signifies to represent all manner of good; "and I, behold I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan" signifies those who are in the good and truth of faith, and with whom the church is to be set up; "and in the heart of everyone that is wise in heart I have put wisdom" signifies all who will and do what is good and true for the sake of what is good and true; "and they shall make all that I have commanded thee" signifies Divine truths from the Word that were to be represented in outward things; "the Tent of meeting, and the ark for the Testimony" signifies a representative of heaven in general where the Lord is; "and the propitiatory that is thereupon" signifies a representative of the hearing and reception of all things of worship which are from the good of love; "and all the vessels of the tent" signifies a representative of all ministering goods and truths; "and the table and its vessels" signifies a representative of spiritual good derived from celestial; "and the pure lampstand and all its vessels" signifies a representative of truth from this good, and things ministering; "and the altar of incense" signifies a representative of worship from these things; "and the altar of burnt-offering and all its vessels" signifies a representative of worship from the good of love and the truths thereof; "and the laver and its base" signifies a representative of purification and regeneration and also of the natural; "and the garments of the ministry, and the garments of holiness for Aaron the priest" signifies a representative of the Lord's spiritual kingdom adjoined to His celestial kingdom; "and the garments of his sons" signifies a representative of lower spiritual things; "to minister in the priest's office" signifies a representative of the Lord's work of salvation; "and the oil of anointing" signifies a representative of the Lord in respect to the Divine good of the Divine love in his Divine Human; "and the incense of spices" signifies a representative of worship from truths; "for the holy" signifies for the representative church; "according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do" signifies according to the Divine truths from the Word, which were to be represented in outward things.