'The priesthood' represents the Lord regarding the work of salvation because this proceeds from the divine good of his divine love. 'The priesthood of Aaron, of his sons, and of the Levites,' represents the Lord's work of salvation in a progressive order.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 9809)

9808. 'From the midst of the children of Israel' means in heaven and in the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'Israel' as those who belong to the Church, thus in the abstract sense the Church itself, dealt with in 4286, 6426, 6637, 6862, 6868, 7035, 7062, 7198, 7201, 7215, 7223, 8805, 9340. And since 'Israel' means the Church it also means heaven; for heaven and the Church make one, and also the Church is the Lord's heaven on earth. Every member of the Church furthermore has heaven within himself when truth and at the same time good which come from the Lord reside in him.