AC 9462 - The Collection

AC 9462

And this is the collection which you shall take from them;
gold, and silver,
and brass;
and blue,
and crimson,
and scarlet double-dyed,
and fine linen,
and goats' wool;
and skins of red rams, and badgers' skins,
and shittim wood;
oil for the luminary,
spices for the oil of anointing,
and for the incense of spices;
onyx stones, and stones for filling,
for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
(Exodus 25:3-7)

"And this is the collection which you shall take from them,"
-- means that these things shall by all means be required;
"gold and silver,"
-- means good and truth in general;
"and brass,"
-- means external good;
"and blue,"
-- means the celestial love of truth;
"and crimson,"
-- means the celestial love of good;
"and scarlet double-dyed,"
-- mean mutual love;
"and fine linen,"
-- means the truth derived from there;
"and goats' wool,"
-- means the good derived from there;
"and skins of red rams, and badgers' skins,"
-- means the external truths and goods
by which they are held together;
"and shittim wood,"
-- means the goods of merit which are from the Lord,
thus of the Lord alone;
"oil for the luminary,"
-- means the internal good
which is in mutual love and charity;
"spices for the oil of anointing,"
-- means the internal truths
that belong to the inaugurating good;
"and for the incense of spices,"
-- means for acceptable perception;
"onyx stones, and stones for filling,"
-- means spiritual truths and goods in general;
 "for the ephod, and for the breastplate,"
-- means which should be for a covering
for external and internal celestial things.