9339. Verses 31-33 And I will set your boundary from the Sea Suph even to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness even to the River; ¹ for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out ² from before you. You shall not make a covenant with them and their gods. They shall not dwell in your land, lest perhaps they cause you to sin against Me when you serve their gods; for it will be a snare to you.

'And I will set your boundary from the Sea Suph even to the Sea of the Philistines' means the full range of truths from factual ones to interior truths of faith. 'And from the wilderness even to the River' means from delight belonging to the sensory level even to good and truth belonging to the rational level. 'For I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand' means dominion over evils. 'And you will drive them out from before you' means the removal of them. 'You shall not make a covenant with them and their gods' means no contact with evils and falsities. 'They shall not dwell in your land' means that evils must not exist together with the Church's forms of good. 'Lest perhaps they cause you to sin against Me' means lest evils turn away forms of good from the Lord. 'When you serve their gods' means if worship is kindled by falsities. 'For it will be a snare to you' means owing to evils that are enticing and deceptive.

Бележки под линия:

In Genesis 29:17, this signifies that the affections of external truth have feeble and wavering understanding. (Arcana Coelestia 3820)

In Numbers 13:18, it signifies being without supporting truths. (Arcana Coelestia 6344)

In Psalm 6:2, weakness occurs in a prayer of the Lord to the Father when He was in the last state of temptation, which is despair. (The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms 256.)

In Psalm 109:24, it signifies a lack of nourishing goods and truths. (Arcana Coelestia 9050[7])