9948. 'And you shall make belts for them' means a holding in connection. This is clear from the meaning of 'belts' as outward bonds holding the truths and forms of the good of faith and love in connection, dealt with in 9341 (end), 9828, 9837, 9944.

9837. 'And the girdle of his ephod, which is on it' means the outward bond that gathers things together. This is clear from the meaning of 'the girdle' as a common bond by which everything within is held in connection, dealt with above in 9828, thus a bond that gathers things together. The reason why an outward bond is meant is that 'the ephod' means the outermost part of the spiritual kingdom, 9824.