Homilies on Exodus, Homilia IX
Worthy hearers of the tabernacle§1
1If you worthily understand the exodus, the sea-crossing, and the desert road, receive the law written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God. Then you can build the tabernacle.
Latin · §1
Si digne intelligas exitum et transitum et iter deserti, suscipe legem spiritu Dei vivis scriptam. Tunc tabernaculum aedificare potes.
Offerings according to ability§2
2The people are told to offer according to ability: gold, silver, bronze, linen, skins. Diverse materials are diverse virtues of souls.
Latin · §2
Iubetur populus offerre pro viribus: aurum, argentum, aes, byssum, pelles. Diversae materiae — diversae virtutes animarum.
Gold within, skins without§3
3Within, gold; without, skins. Hide glory; wear humility outside. The ark in the holy of holies is the heart where Christ dwells.
Latin · §3
Interiora auro; exteriora pellibus. Gloria occultanda; humilitas foris. Arca in sanctis sanctorum — cor ubi Christus habitat.
Bezaleel’s wisdom — Homilia IX CLOSEOUT§4
4God filled Bezaleel with the spirit of wisdom. Every craft of the church is from the Spirit. The tabernacle is Christ’s body and the congregation of the saints. Amen.
Latin · §4
Implevit Deus Beselehel spiritu sapientiae. Omnis ars ecclesiae a Spiritu. Tabernaculum — corpus Christi et congregatio sanctorum. Amen.