As with most common verbs, the spiritual meaning of “crying” or “crying out” (meaning a shout or wail, not weeping) is highly dependent on context. Who is crying out? To whom? Why? In most cases, though, crying has to do with speaking falsely, and of the emotions arising from the conflict between truth and falsity. When people cry out in distress it is most often an indication that they are being overwhelmed by false ideas. In other cases – especially regarding more joyful cries – it is a celebration of the triumph of truth.

10025. 'At the door of the tent of meeting' means in order that they may be joined together. This is clear from the meaning of 'the door of the tent of meeting' as truth and good joined together, which is called the heavenly marriage, dealt with above in 10001. Since 'the door of the tent of meeting' has this meaning it was decreed that if the slaughtering were carried out anywhere else blood should be imputed and that soul should be cut off from the people ¹ , Leviticus 17:3-4, 8-9. The reason for this was that goodness and truth joined together, thus the heavenly marriage, was not represented then, but evil and falsity joined together, which is the hellish marriage.

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