presence of the Divine.

That the Testimony is the Divine, is plain from what goes before, where it is said by Moses to Aaron, that he should store it up before Jehovah (see n. 8532), thus before the Divine. That the Testimony is the Divine, is because by the Testimony is meant, in the universal sense, the Word, and because the Word is truth Divine, thus the Lord. That the Lord is the Word, is plain in John: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (i. 1, 14). That the Testimony is the Lord as to Divine truth, is evident from the ark wherein was the Law promulgated from Sinai, which is called the Testimony; that from this the tabernacle had all its sanctity, and that the Testimony was the holy Divine itself, is plain from this, that above it was the propitiatory with the cherubim, and next outside of the veil were the tables of gold with the bread and with the candlesticks; and that the most holy of worship was there administered by Aaron; also that Jehovah afterward spake with Moses there above the propitiatory between the two cherubim, thus from the Testimony (see Exodus xxv. 16, 21, 22; xl. 20).

8536. Verses 35, 36. And the sons of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the border of the land of Canaan. Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. "And the sons of Israel did eat the manna forty years" signifies appropriation of the good of truth in all states of temptations; "until they came to a land inhabited" signifies before they came to heaven, where good is everywhere; "they did eat the manna, until they came unto the border of the land of Canaan" signifies that there was appropriation of good from truth by them until they came to the region of heaven. "Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah" signifies the quantity of good then.

8537. And the sons of Israel did eat the manna forty

years. That this signifies appropriation of good of truth in all states of temptations, is evident from the representation of the sons of Israel, as those who were of the spiritual church (see n. 6426, 6637, 6862, 6868, 7035, 7062, 7198); from the signification of eating, as appropriation (n. 3168, 3513, 3596, 4745); from the signification of the manna, as the good of truth (n. 8464); and from the signification of forty years, as states of temptations. That years mean states, may be seen above (n. 482, 487, 488, 493, 893), and that forty means temptations (n. 730, 862, 2272, 2273, 8098).

8538. Until they came to a land inhabited. That this signifies before they came to heaven where good is everywhere, is evident from the signification of land, here the land of Canaan, as the Lord's kingdom, thus heaven (see n. 1607, 3038, 3481, 3686, 3705, 4240, 4447, 5136). Heaven is called from good a land inhabited, for inhabited signifies what is alive from good (n. 2268, 2451, 2712, 3613, 8269, 8309).

8539. They did eat the manna, until they came unto the border of the land of Canaan. That this signifies that there was appropriation of good from truth by them until they came to the region of heaven, is evident from the signification of the manna, as the good of truth; from the signification of eating, as appropriation (see above, n. 8537); and from the signification of the land of Canaan, as heaven (see above, n. 8538); thus the border of the land of Canaan means the entrance to heaven, or the region where heaven begins. From this it is plain that by their eating the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan, is signified that the good of truth was appropriated by them even to the region of heaven. How this 2 is, is evident from what was said before concerning the acquisition of good by truth, namely, that before regeneration all good is procured by truth, but that after regeneration man is led of the Lord by good; and that the former

state is signified by the six days which precede the seventh, and that the latter state is signified by the seventh day or the sabbath. From this it is also plain that the former state was represented by the journeyings of the sons of Israel in the wilderness forty years, and that the latter state was represented by their introduction into the land of Canaan. The matter stands thus: man is outside of heaven so long as he acts from truth and not from good, and he then comes into heaven when he acts from good; for he is then acted upon by the Lord according to the order of heaven, into which he does not come, consequently not into heaven where order is, until he has been prepared, which is effected by being led to good by truth. Concerning each of these states, see what has been shown above (n. 7923, 8505, 8506, 8510, 8512, 8516).

8540. Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. That this signifies the quantity of good then, is evident from the signification of an omer, since it was the tenth part of an ephah, as enough for by ten is signified what is full (see n. 3107), therefore by a tenth part is signified enough (n. 8468); and from the signification of an ephah, as good. That an ephah means good, is because by it and by an omer were measured dry things that served for food, as wheat, barley, fine flour, and by substances that are used for food are signified goods; and by a bath and by a hin were measured liquids, which served for drink, so that by these measures were signified truths. That which contains receives its signification from that which is contained.

2 That the ephah was a measure, is plain from the follow

ing passages in Moses: A just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have (Lev. xix. 36). In Ezekiel: The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure . . . and that the ephah may be the tenth part of an homer (xlv. 11). Again in the previous verse: Ye shall have balances of justice, and an ephah of justice, and a bath of justice (xlv. 10). In like. 3 manner it is a measure in Amos (viii. 5). That an ephah

He said And, behold, the same time

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stands for good is plain from the passages where the minchah is treated of, for which meal or fine flour was measured by an ephah (Lev. v. 11: Num. v. 15 ; xxviii. 5 : Ezek. xlv. 24; xlvi. 7, 11). The minchah signifies good. And also from this passage in Zechariah: The angel that talked to me. . . said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes what is this that goeth forth. And I said, What is it? He said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. moreover, This is their look in all the earth. there was lifted up a talent of lead; and at this woman sitting in the midst of the ephah. This is wickedness; and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah; and he cast a stone of lead upon the mouth thereof. Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold, there came forth two women, and the wind was in their wings; they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. Then said I to the angel that talked to me, Whither do these bear the ephah? And he said unto me, To build her a house in the land of Shinar: and when it is prepared, she shall be set there upon her own base (v. 5-11). What these 4 things signify, it is impossible for any one to know except from the internal sense, and unless he thereby knows what is meant by the ephah, what by the woman in the midst of it, what by the stone of lead upon the mouth of the ephah, also what is meant by Shinar. When each particular is unfolded, it is clear that the profanation which was at that time in the church is signified; for by the ephah is signified good; by the woman, evil, as is there expressly said; by the stone of lead, falsity of evil shutting up, for a stone is external truth, and therefore in the opposite sense falsity (n. 643, 1298, 3720, 6426), and lead means evil (n. 8298). Thus by the woman in the midst of the ephah, upon the mouth of which was a stone of lead, is signified evil shut up in good by falsity, which is the same thing as profanation, for profanation is evil conjoined to good (n. 6348).

The two women lifting up the ephah between earth and heaven are the churches (n. 252, 253), by which what was profane was rejected; Shinar, whither the woman in the ephah was borne away, is external worship, within which is what is profane (n. 1183, 1292).

CONTINUATION CONCERNING THE SPIRITS AND INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH JUPITER.

8541. As regards their Divine worship, the principal characteristic is, that they acknowledge our Lord as the Most High, Who rules heaven and earth; they call Him The One Lord. And because in the life of the body they acknowledge and worship Him, therefore they seek Him after death, and find that He is the same with our Lord. They were asked whether they know that the one Lord is Man? They answered that they all know that He is Man, because on their earth He has been seen by many as Man, and that He instructs them concerning the truth, keeps them, and gives eternal life to those who believe in Him. They said further that it has been revealed by Him to them how they should live and how they should believe; and that what has been revealed is handed down by parents to their children, and that thus the teaching remains in all their families, and thus throughout the whole race, which is from one father. They added that they seem to themselves to have the teaching inscribed on their minds, which they conclude from this, that they perceive instantly, and acknowledge as of themselves, whether what is said by others concerning the life of heaven with man be

true or not.

8542. The greatest care is taken that no one lapse into wrong opinions concerning the one Lord; and if they observe that any one begins to think wrongly concerning Him, they first admonish him, then deter by threats, and lastly by punishments. They said that they have observed,