10656. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened things. That this signifies a holy state then, and the appropriation of Divine truth purified from evil and from the falsities of evil, is evident from the signification of “seven days,” as being a holy state from beginning to end (that “days” denote states, see n. 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788, 3462, 3785, 4850; and that “seven” denotes what is holy, n. 395, 433, 716, 881, 5265, 5268; and that “seven days” denote a holy state from beginning to end, n. 728, 6508, 9228, 10127); from the signification of “eating,” as being appropriation (n. 3168, 3513, 3596, 4745); and from the signification of “unleavened things,” as being Divine truth purified from evil and from the falsities of evil (n. 9992).

3462. And it came to pass in that day. That this signifies that state, is evident from the signification of “day,” as being state (see n. 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788); here, the state of the doctrine which is treated of.