9662. And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood. That this signifies the power of truth from good, is evident from the signification of “bars,” as being the power which truth has from good (see n. 9496); and from the signification of “shittim wood,” as being the good of merit which belongs to the Lord alone (n. 9472, 9486). That this good is the only good which reigns in heaven, see n. 9486; consequently it is that from which truths have power.