6506. 'For thus are completed the days of embalming' means that they are states of preservation. This is clear from the meaning of 'days' as states, dealt with immediately above in 6505; and from the meaning of 'being embalmed' as a means of preservation, also dealt with above, in 6503.

6504. 'And the physicians embalmed Israel' means the action taken to preserve good springing from truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'embalming' as a means of preservation from corruption, dealt with of immediately above in 6503, here the carrying out of such preservation since it states that they did embalm him; from the meaning of 'the physicians' as preservation from evils, dealt with above in 6502; and from the representation of 'Israel' as spiritual good, which is the same as good that springs from truth, also dealt with above, in 6499.