132. Man's nature being such that he is not content to be guided by the Lord but desires also to be guided by self and the world - that is, from the proprium - the proprium that was granted to him is the subject now, verse 18.

9725. 'All its vessels you shall make of bronze' means that they must all be formed from good. This is clear from the meaning of 'vessels' as known facts, dealt with immediately above in 9724, at this point all of them since it says 'all its vessels'; and from the meaning of 'bronze' as external or natural good, dealt with in 425, 1551.