10054. 'It is an odour of rest' means the perception of peace. This is clear from the meaning of 'an odour' as perception, dealt with in 3577, 4624-4634, 4748; and from the meaning of 'rest' as peace. What Divine peace in the heavens is, see 92, 93, 2780, 5662, 8455, 8665, 8722; in the highest sense 'peace' means the Lord, and the Divine emanation from Him that influences at an inmost level the good which reigns in the heavens, 3780, 8517. The reason why the burnt offering is called 'an odour of rest to Jehovah' is that a burnt offering represented the uniting of the Lord's Divine Human to Divinity itself, dealt with above in 10053; and it was through that uniting that peace was attained in the heavens. For when the Lord was in the world all the hells were subdued by Him, and all the heavens were restored to order, 9715, 9809, 9937, 10019. From this it is evident how it comes about that a burnt offering is called 'an odour of rest to Jehovah', as it is many times elsewhere in which burnt offerings and minchah are the subject, such as Leviticus 1:9, 13, 17; 2:2, 9, 12; 3:5; 4:31; 6:15, 21; 8:28; 23:13, 18; Numbers 15:3, 7, 13; 28:6, 8, 13; 29:2, 6, 8, 13.

8665. 'And they asked, a man his companion, as regards peace' means the mutual, Divine celestial state. This is clear from the meaning of 'asking as regards peace' as association in respect of the Divine celestial state, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'a man his companion' as mutually. The reason why 'asking as regards peace' means association in respect of the Divine celestial state is that in the internal sense 'asking as regards peace' means asking about another's life, its prosperity and happiness, whereas in the highest sense, in which Divine Good and God's truth are the subject, 'asking as regards peace' means association in respect of the Divine celestial state. For 'peace' in the highest sense means the Lord and consequently the state in the inmost heaven, the home of those who live in love to the Lord and therefore in innocence. They more than all others live also in peace because they abide in the Lord, their state being called Divine celestial. So it is that 'peace' here is used to mean that state. For what 'peace' means in the highest sense and in the internal sense, see 3780, 4681, 5662, 8455.